Spuirrels will eat any plant, poisonous or not. They've eaten an Avocado, 'leaves/trunk/pit' and several Holiday Cactus..Christmas/Thanksgiving/Easter. They're not choosy. Now, Holidays Cactus are kept in baskets on hanging poles. Do you have rabbits around your area? They munch on greens, too. A few yrs ago, I sowed Mimosa, 'Sensitive Plant,' and Dwarf Marigold seeds, kept in pots..I'm sure the blame was on rabbits that time, since a rabbit family was living on the side of the house. Hare one day, gone the next. lol. Depending on the height of your PO, you might be better of placing in a basket and hanging...'far away from trees.' Toni

Enter..Yep, GW is inspirational, all right..lol. I too have added at least 200 plants since GW membership in 2002 ??. It's too easy, online ordering is a click of a few buttons. I must be tired..When you wrote, 'it might be my eyes but I swear after a few drinks....it started to green up.' LOL My dh feels the same as yours...don't worry, he'll come around, get used to the idea. lol. My PO has several bulbs, but Boweia has one. No, I wouldn't remove bulb/s this time of year..I don't know how to remove bulb from Boweia anyway..mom and baby are closely attached. PO bulbs grow inside soil, so there's no threat removing. Still, I'd wait until spring to plant seperately. Faster rooting, in spring. Tell DH you're making the house look pretty. :) Toni

mari66 ~ Nope, they don't smell like onions. the name comes because they resemble them . They are considered succulents, but, from what i understand are actually in the hyacinth family. I haven't really heard anything about toxicity, so simple safeguards, such as , do not eat...lol i suppose. karyn1~from what i have heard, and am seeing in this case, they divide by, well, "dividing," haha ! If you look at the first group of pictures, in the last 2 you can see where one is literally splitting into 2 seperate bulbs. I have heard that when they do split like this, there will be 2 seperate oblong shaped bulbs and that within a few months they will round up on their own. It's pretty neat to see, because to me, it looks like they are crawling out of a couple layers of the original bulb ! Add to that, the fact that they split almost as fast as the vines grow, it's crazy....every day, it's something new... ssk22~ I have no idea on the age..they didn't seem to know a great deal about them at the nursery i found them at. Can you believe that i only paid $6.50 for the biggest one ? I must have looked nuts ! I scooped up 5 of them immediately ! One i gave to a neighbor, 3 i put into one planter, and one is dividing, and then there's the monster ! I only went to look at some pots ! haha ! You never know what you're going to find !

I have about forty individual plants in 4 inch pots, and maybe another forty in various containers. The Ornithogalum caudatum "Pregnant Onion" grows trailing green fronds to 6 foot from a central sea-green bulb which resembles the texture and peeling characterisitcs of an onion. Propagation is through bulblets which appear after the outer skin turns brown, dries out and falls away, leaving the bulblet free to drop to the ground. This plant also sends a single stalk skyward out of the center of the bulb with formed variegated flowers at the tip. As the stalk grows, only the tip remains flowered. The stalk usually grows 4 feet towards a light source. With a six foot draping frond, a functioning bulb, and a four foot flower stalk, the Pregnant Onion requires (and possibly deserves) a pedastal for its home. It does well in a shady garden and is difficult to kill. It rebounds quickly from under-waterings. Over-watering will cause root rot, but bulblets will revive the plant. Reproduces quickly. Loves high humidity, and unless it is supplied you can expect the fronds will brown at the tips. I am willing to trade. Contact me through my e-mail. Will respond with photo. Mr. G