A young, bright green cluster of Egyptian
Walking Onion topsets in the spring.
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Topsets beginning to turn a beautiful crimson
maroon color.
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Young clusters of topsets.
One cluster is growing leaves, the other will not.
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Topsets taking on their crimson color.
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Egyptian Walking Onion summer topsets.
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Egyptian Walking Onion topsets resembling
Saguaro cacti.
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Egyptian Walking Onion topsets.
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Big, beautiful Walking Onion topsets over
1" in diameter.
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A cluster of Egyptian Walking Onion topsets.
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A typical cluster of Egyptian Walking Onion
topsets.
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Young Egyptian Walking Onion topsets wrapped
in their paper capsule.
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Clusters of topsets in midsummer.
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Pea green stripes on Egyptian Walking Onion
topsets.
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Three beautifully colored Egyptian Walking
Onion topsets
and a white striped twisting branch.
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The fractal nature of the Egyptian Walking
Onion plant.
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Topsets branching off from topsets.
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Egyptian Walking Onion topsets are viviparous:
they germinate while still attached to the parent plant.
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Egyptian Walking Onion topsets have a papery
outer layer.
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Mature Egyptian Walking Onion topsets in
the summer.
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A comparison of Egyptian Walking Onion topset
sizes.
Sizes range from approximately 1/4" to 1" in diameter
as seen in this photo.
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Swirling topsets.
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Egyptian Walking Onion topsets in the yellow
sunlight.
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A closeup of the tiny roots growing from
a pair of germinating
Egyptian Walking Onion topsets still attached to the parent
plant.
Only two topsets grew on this plant, but they are big.
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A cluster of germinating Egyptian Walking
Onion topsets.
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Curing
Eygptian Walking Onion topsets on wire mesh racks.
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You
can just see them walking in this photo!
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White
Egyptian Walking Onion topsets.
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