I ordered mine online. Good seeds.

http://smartseedsblog.com/product/ornithogalum-caudatum-pregnant-onion-seeds/

I got mine in trade through the Dave's Garden website. I was sent a bunch of little babies and a few "teenagers" with babies! These things are really neat!!

BTW, they are like Mother of Thousands Kalanchoe .... It won't be long before you will have more than you know what to do with! ;)

Are the seeds easy to grow?

That's why I've never bothered with kalanchoe.. I'd end up keeping every baby! But this one is Way too interesting to not have!

MrBlubs, totally simple. It takes a couple of weeks to root, but then right afterwards, a long leaf stalk appears. Comparatively, it's a huge seed, like a mini acorn -- and you just lay it on potting mix, thick side down, spritz with water and wait. :) Once they begin growing, I switch them to a 1-1-1-1 mix of ProMix, perlite, lava rocks and pea gravel/grit and they're good to go in bright shade outside or full sun indoors.

Oh, great! Thank you!

I'll look around to see if I can find one and if not I'll order some seeds

I am on the hunt for one of these myself. Hopefully someone comes along who is inundated with babies or wants to trade for something (I have mother of thousands now, hahaha).

Mr. Blubs, you might think that but trust me you get over that idea quick. I tried saving all my moms baby kalanchoe once. Now, I have no trouble tossing these in the trash or plucking them out of other pots. I know I have brought home a nuisance, but I love it too much to care. ;-)

I dunno......... I have yet to throw away any baby spider plant or cutting from my philo or wandering Jew :P

Kim, I may be willing to trade some Pregnant Onion babies for your Mother of Thousands depending on which one you are talking about ... I'm looking for the Kalanchoe but the last trade I ended up with what I call Strawberry Begonia. =)

I haven't looked it up to see the species, but it is the standard take-over-your-life-and-home-one-planter-at-a-time kalanchoe.

Just picked it up from the university greenhouse, its being treated pre-emptively for pests, next week getting another go round. I am on the winning side of my first ever plant pest battle, but can't in good conscious send anything out on trade for another 2.5 weeks. Haven't seen any buggies or signs since spraying, but everythings getting a second dose of Safer and some systemic stuff next week for good measure. If you are still interested and don't mind waiting, and this is the plant you are looking for, let me know!

Mr. Blubs, I once tries to save all the babies on one my mom had and within about 5 or 6 months had them on almost every window sill of the house, hahahaha! You are probably right to avoid this one. :P Maybe the pink butterflies hybrid, no babies!

I have purchased a few pregnant onion plants at the local Home dspot. I thought that they were so cool I had to have a couple...one I was taking outside and I dropped it and the leaf rosette broke off...but in recent months it totally grew back. Mine are on my north facing front stoop and I water them when soil surface looks dry. No baby bulbs yet though

Ha Yeah, that probably would be me! Though, I bet if I found one I'd get it. I don't know if I want to have one without babies :P

I'm going to try to go to Homedepot to see. I'm doubtful though since they've drastically reduced there houseplant section to 3 racks and a small table. Before it was huge and had everything imaginable. If only I got into houseplants then! Tried Rona to no Avail.

LOL Kim =) I love the "take over" plants, for some reason ... Probably because I recently started rebuilding my plant collection and none of them have had the chance to actually take over =) I'll move some babies out of the "family" pot before they get a chance to get rooted in and they'll be waiting for you. How many would you like to have? Right now they are bigger than a pencil eraser but smaller than green peas. Let me know!! =)

Oh, I don't know. Between 1-5? I will get to work on the mother of thousands. By that, I will leave it alone while the plantlets on the bottom sprout. There is about a dozen plantlets in the pot and one bigger baby, and I can always grab more from school. They had 5 pots of them going last time I was there, hahaha. Good luck on the rebuild, most of my stuff is small now too but it sure is fun watching them do their thing!

Mr. Blubs, I wish I could send plants to you up there. The pink butterflies hybrid is one that has gotten my attention recently, you still get tons of babies. The plant is variegated and the babies are pink, it is gorgeous. Also, on here is someone who experimented with growing them... The babies lack chlorophyll so can't survive usually, but he grew them under 24/7 fluorescents with great results. So, you can have as many babies as you want, but when you want them. I have added this one to my list, and have heard it can be found at Home Depot once in awhile. Good luck!

I found my bigger one (with babies attached) at home depot. But it's treated with neonicotinoides.