Bulb I.D needed

11 years ago

This fellow came with the bulb lucky dip. to me the flowers look a bit like onion weed.! The cone shape is also new to me thanks chas

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inga007
11 years ago
Easy, in England we used to call it "Chincherinchee"
but it's called Ornithogalum thyrsoides
At the last flower show, it came in other colours too.
Yellow and orange, I think.
inga007
11 years ago
how about a song to go with it?

Chincherinchee Lyrics - Perry Como

Where the jungle trees are tall
Grows a flower sweet to see
It's a purdy flower they call "Chincherinchee!"

There a boy sang all day long
To a maiden tenderly
And he called her in his song "Chincherinchee!"

While the tom toms played
He sang his serenade
In the moonlight:
"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine,
Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine!
Say you'll be mine my whole life through!
Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!"

Everyone will agree
She's as sweet as can be
She's so kissable and caress-able "Chincherinchee!"

Everybody can see
How exciting is she
She's embraceable, irreplaceable "Chincherinchee!"

While the tom toms played
He sang his serenade . . .

Every night they used to meet
By a tall banyan tree
Where he sang his heart to sweet "Chincherinchee!"

While the tom toms played
He sang his serenade
In the moonlight:
"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine,
Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine!
Say you'll be mine my whole life through!
Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!"

"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine,
Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine!
Say you'll be mine my whole life through!
Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!"
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tuppitoo
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11 years ago
Thanks Inga
How knowledgeable and clever you are! We certainly remember
the song and wouldn't have connected the two in a million years.I also see it is a famous stud horse and I will check thru the list of bulbs from the lucky dip to see if it is mentioned. I'm very pleased it isn't an oniom weed!!
thanks again chas
inga007
11 years ago
Your welcome.
I don't like to see a flower I can't identify.

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