| Description | False Sea Onion (Ornithogalum caudatum) is a weird but loveable, non-demanding plant. Give it lots of light, keep it on the dry side and it will last forever. |
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| Plant Type | Succulents, Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | full, bright |
| Moisture | dry out between waterings |
| Growing Media | well drained, average house |
| Temperature | average house, warm |
| Flowers | A very long stalk will form out of the basal cluster of strap-like leaves. The stalk can get up to three feet long. On the end will be 50-100 small white flowers that have a green stripe down the petals. |
| Fruit | A seed pod will form with bunches of hard black seeds that readily germinate. |
| Leaves | Strap like basal leaves can become very long. After awhile they will curl up at the ends. |
| Maintenance | This plant can become very gangly. About once a year the leaves can be cut back leaving only the onion like caudex. It will quickly regrow the leaves. |
| Propagation | sowing the hard black small seeds, offsets and divisions. |
| Native Site | Native to South Africa |
| Misc Facts | Has been reported to be used by country people in Germany to cauterize and cooked into a medicinal syrup to be used against colds. AKA: Ornithogalum longibracteatum, german onion; false sea-onion; Ornithogalum caudatum; bulb; Long-spiked Star of Bethlehem; Albuca bracteata |
| Author's Notes | This is a weird but loveable able plant and almost impossible to kill. We grew hundreds of this plant in the greenhouse. |
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