Botanical Curiosity

This 'Everlasting Onion' has been growing on our kitchen windowsill for around 30 yrs. It took 15 yrs before it bloomed and it now throws up a flower stem like this every year (as well as shedding hundreds of bulblets through the skin as seen lower right). The flowers are tiny daisy like onions flowers but they grow in a line spread over the last 50cm of the stem which eventually reaches around 1m long. The whole process lasts around 3 months ! This shot was taken about 3 days after the stem appeared and 10 days later the stem is now around 30cm long.

We have no idea what it is - does ANYONE know ?

Uploaded30/09/2013 - 22:30

CategoryFlowers & plants

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Date Taken	20/09/2013 - 14:09
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Model	PENTAX K-r
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Focal Length	50mm
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19 years
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada

Posted 30/09/2013 - 22:53 Link

Peter, I don't know what onion that is, but for a 30 year old plant, it looks to be in wonderful condition!

You're doing something right.

Signed, The Black Thumb.

Mac from Montreal

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