PlantFiles: Giant Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum saundersiae

I have collected seeds from this and they will bloom in just 3 years from seed. I have to dig them and put them in the basement for our winters. My tallest got 5 ft in bloom this summer. Takes wind without staking. Does not require additional watering other than rain here. Easy!

While them were marvelous plants in my garden, I really loved them. But, unfortunatelly, this last weekend, I lost TWO Yorkshires, both of which have chewed pieces of plants' leaves and bulbs.
When I bought these bulbs, no one told me about their poisonous effects, mainly in livestock.
After lots of time researching about them, I found some references in FDA database.
Be warned! They're beautiful. But they also kill. And this can happen in less than 10 hours.
User marwood0, from CO, has posted a note on Apr 3, 2008, telling us to be careful about its poisonous effect.
After what I went thru, I have to agree with him and ask: is there any known antidotes vets can use, when animals eat them? Are there any treatment steps, otherwise? We tried everything down here: atropine, epinephrine, adrenaline, oxygen, whatever... And nothing worked out.
My intent is to identify the causes of this unthinkably sorrow mishap and share whatever info I can obtain with Poison Central Agency of my country, which, amazingly, have no info on these bulbs. :(
Thanks in advance.
Regards from Rio,
Claudio

PS: Are they also poisonous to humans?

One of my favorites! A real beauty, (also called "Beauty de Veldt" because it comes from the Veld or Veldt of southern Africa) growing without complaint in poor soil. Grows in rich soil too. Few or no insect problems. Drought tolerant and very forgiving. Seeds do not appear to need stratification. Multiplies by bulbs and seeds, though it takes some time (years) to bloom from seed. New bulb splits usually bloom the second year. Mildly frost tolerant. We dig them up each year after the first frost and chop off the vegetative parts and store the bulbs over winter. The seeds primarily stay in their pods and have never self sprouted for us this way. Don't eat this plant; it's poisonous and reputed to kill livestock.

I truly love how this attracts bees (and wasps), and butterflies. I also think it is a very attractive plant with lovely white balls of flowers. So I suppose that would mean I should give it a positive mark. However, it produces an astounding number of small seeds and any of them that fall on the ground will germinate. I hated losing the bee/wasp interest as I truly loved taking photos of them, but I ended up removing this one from my garden 4 months ago and I'm dealing with literally hundreds of new seedlings daily. I have no idea how I'm going to finally get rid of them all!

I just purchased this plant and here is what the tag says:
remarkably longlasting, blossoms come in white,orange,light coral,and yellow.
temperture=38-90 50-80 is ideal in dormancy the bulbs below the ground levelcan tolerate as low 10
light=slightly shadedfull sun or, bright indoor light
water=moist, but not soggy. tolerates periods of drought
fertilizer=nome required while blooming
soil=top soil,peat moss,sand(1:2:1 ratio)
zones=8-10
I have always been able to get this as a cut flower from my garden center, but this a first time that i have seem it as a potted plant.
It also says that you can proagate from bulb off-sets
The cut flowers last for several weeks and I've only seen them in white