Shape of bulbs
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:24:51 PST)

Dear All,

Paige's question reminds me how much I appreciate it when bulb books
include an illustration of what the bulbs, corms, tubers look like. That
can be so helpful when you grow from seed in trying to figure out if what
you are growing is really that. This is especially true of some of the
South African irids that have different looking corms in the same genus
like Romulea. It also helps when something takes the tags in your seedling
pots before they have bloomed and you know longer know what they are. Five
of the plant tags made out of old blinds are missing in my tulip pots. I
have known birds to take the tags, but I thought those tags would have been
too heavy to carry off, but I guess not. I'd love to see how those tags
are being used.

Mary Sue