Winter growing Ornithogalums from South Africa should be fascinating for bulb enthisiasts. We present some famous species and some other curious species. Please remember some of them have dubious taxonomy, even the genus may be incorrect.

¤Ornithogalum concordianum, no locality
This plant is also known as O. apertum.
It is famous for the coiling leaves
and the flowers are showy enough to mention.

Ornithogalum concordianum, Syn. O. apertum no locality, #1	O. concordianum no locality, #2	O. fimbrimarginatum Sun Mountain

O. unifoliatum IB12828, Umdaus	O. unifoliatum no locality	O. sp. Zeerust, NW Province

O. sp.#2 no locality	O. aff. apertum Ceres, W Cape	O. sp.#4 no locality

O. sp.#5 no locality

 The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs

J. Manning, P. Goldblatt, D. Snijman
Timber Press