Boyce asked, >This mystery bulb appears to be Ornithogalum nutans but the flowers lack >the broad green marking on the outside of the tepals. The leaves are >broad, for an Ornithogalum and relatively flaccid. It has been growing >in a partially shaded situation for a number of years. > >Are there forms of O. nutans that lack the broad green stripe on the >outside of the petals? I don't find mention of any such form, though presumably it is possible. The only other Ornithogalum I grow here that has pendent flowers is O. reverchonii, which does have quite long, broad, flaccid leaves. However, it would surprise me very much to find this plant -- which is endemic to a small part of the French Riviera -- surviving outdoors in Chicago. Its flowers are not as big as those of O. nutans. Jane McGary