A flower I grew up with

and have not seen again until a few days ago in a field.
Ornithogalum thyrsoides a bulbous plant species that is endemic to the Cape Province in SA. It is a stiff upright perennial bulb up to 50cm tall when flowering.

It is also known by the common name chincherinchee, star of Bethlehem or wonder flower.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Gosia]

Beautiful

[narayani]

Must bring back some lovely memories

[Issi Bannerman]

Quite lovely.

[Wylie]

A very pretty shot of it. It looks vaguely familiar, but then we've taken on a lot of your natives :)

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Babs]

What a beautiful flower

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful

[Susan Wakely]

Beautiful closeup.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful flowers. It has a beautiful name too.

[Peter]

Very pretty wild flower beautifully captured Diana:)

[Valerie Chesney]

such a lovely flower.

[Carole Sandford]

So pretty!

[Renee Salamon]

It’s gorgeous, I like all the names

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful flowers and close-up capture.

[Mags]

Lovely blossoms!

[katy]

It’s a beautiful flower and your photo of it is so nice and clear

[Merrelyn]

Lovely close up.

[Kate]

Awesome closeup of this beauty

[Peter Dulis]

wonderful capture

[Cathy Donohoue]

Gorgeous shot of the plant

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is so pretty.

[Corinne C]

This is superb!

[Judith Johnson]

It's a beauty!

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful capture

[Heather]

A beautiful shot- so delicate looking! Fav

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Milanie]

Beautiful

[Pyrrhula]

A great focus and close up capture of those pretty flowers.

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful bloom!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful details. I wonder why it fell out of favor.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That is really beautiful- and your new lens has really captured every beautiful detail of it.

[Bill]

Really pretty.

[Diana]

@bkbinthecity @gosia @narayani @jamibann @pusspup @joansmor @onewing @beryl @wakelys @wh2021 @pcoulson @happysnaps @carole_sandford @rensala @sangwann @marlboromaam @grammyn @merrelyn @k9photo @pdulis @cdonohoue @mittens @corinnec @busylady @craftymeg @365projectorgheatherb @elisasaeter @milaniet @pyrrhula @radiogirl @shutterbug49 @olivetreeann @cwbill Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@shutterbug49 I don't think it fell out of favour Debbie, all the land where it was growing has slowly but surely been taken over by humans ;-)

[Rick]

Neat looking flowers. Great shot.

[Shutterbug]

@ludwigsdiana A common story here also. It is a beauty.

[Nina Ganci]

nice, I call this the onion plant - bulbs spread like weeds in my garden. just gave them all away

[Desi]

Absolutely stunning. Fave

[Kathy A]

Such a beautiful flower