Chinese Name: Tiger Eye Evergreen

Latin scientific name: Star of Bethlehem

Nicknames: sea onion, bird milk flower, gourd orchid

Name: Tiger Eye Evergreen

Distribution: It is native to South Africa and cultivated in many countries all over the world.

Evergreen is a perennial herb. Every time it grows a leaf, a few small balls will grow on the bulb sheath, which looks like a tiger eye, hence the name Tiger Eye Evergreen. Because its spherical bulb looks like a gourd, it is also commonly known as gourd orchid.

Evergreen perennial herb with tiger eyes. Bulbs are oval and green with membranous epidermis, and all bulbs are exposed to the soil surface when planted. Evergreen leaves, 5-6 pieces, striped, with a tail-shaped tip at the end, 30-60 cm long and 3-5 cm wide. Scape is stout, with a height of1m; ; The raceme is elongated at flowering, with a length of 20-30cm；; There are many and dense flowers, often reaching 50-60, with pedicels of 2cm and 6 perianth segments, which are separate and white, with green ridges in the middle and flower diameters of 2-2.5 cm. Flowers bloom in winter and spring. Capsule obovoid: the seeds are small and black.

From mid-April to early May, the evergreen tiger eye grass blooms in white, orange and double petals. In spring, star-shaped white flowers are sparkling, elegant and simple, which is an excellent material for arranging natural gardens and rock gardens, and is also suitable for cut flowers and potted plants.