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ORNITHOGALUM
Beautiful but much overlooked bulbs, generally because of few species, which can become terrible
weeds in the garden. Ornithogalums offered by me will never bring such a trouble to your garden.
Some give excellent cut flowers.
488. Ornithogalum balansae
One of the earliest ornithogalums of my collection. Up to 12 snow-white flowers in
rosette of leaves. Prefers sunny position in well-drained sandy soil. My stock comes
from Ulu Dag mnt. in Turkey. 2.00
489. Ornithogalum fimbriatum
Flowers pure white, among a numerous narrow, densely hairy leaves, height 10 – 15
cm. Collected in Crimea, Ukraina. Very beautiful! 3.00
490. Ornithogalum flavescens
Tall growing (70-90 cm) species with small, 2 cm across yellowish flowers in loose
racemes. It is of so great request that when I offered it for the first time 8 years ago I
sold it almost up to last bulb 10.00
491. Ornithogalum narbonense
Flowers milky white in long, many flowered spikes, approximately 70 cm long. Middle
season flowering of tall species – here in the first week of July. 2.00
492. Ornithogalum oligophyllum
Superficially is similar to O. balansae but leaves are glaucous and longer. Prefers a sunny
position in well drained soil, forms up to 12 snow-white flowers, height 10-15 cm. 2.00
493. Ornithogalum oreoides
Flowers white-green in large dense umbel between bunch of narrow leaves. Collected
in Krasnodar district, North Caucasus. 2.00
494. Ornithogalum ortophyllum
Flowers are white in a dense umbel in a rosette of narrow leaves, quite similar to common
Star of Bethlehem, but without bulblets around the base of the parent bulb. From
village Sakharna, Moldavia (Bessarabia). 2.00
495. Ornithogalum platyphyllum ‘VARDAHOVIT’
Nice large flowering species with green-white flowers in compact raceme among wide
leaves up to 20 cm high. Needs dry summer rest. In any case good grower in garden.
Collected in Armenia, near Vardahovit. 3.00
496. Ornithogalum ponticum ‘SOCHI’
Only quite recently described species, somewhat close to O. pyramidale from S Europe.
Flowers pure white densely spaced on compact (60 cm) spikes, very spectacular and
useful for garden and flower cutting. 4.00
497. Ornithogalum pyramidale
European ally of O. ponticum, in general very similar, but with longer spikes not so
densely covered with white flowers. Up to 80 cm long. 4.00
498. Ornithogalum refractum
Flowers are large, with broad tepals, white, up to 10 among numerous narrow leaves.
Although producing bulbils, has never become a weed with me. Collected near vil.
Enem, Krasnodar distr., N Caucasus in a pasture. 2.00
499. Ornithogalum schmalhausenii
Very dwarf sp. with sessile umbel of white-green flowers. Leaves narrow, numerous.
Ideal for rock garden or alpine house. Nice addition to the showiest species. Collected
Mnt. Hustup, Zangezur mnt. range, Armenia. 2.00
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