>I know that some plants have nodes along their roots so they can grow new >plants from root pieces. What about bulbous iris? Any hope of my >winogradowii appearing above ground sometime, or is it doomed to be >subterranean? I've never heard of Irises being able to do this. The only thing close I've heard of is that Iris danfordiae will sometimes form tiny bulbets off the main bulb, that in time will mature & bloom on their own. Dennis in Cincinnati