Conroe Joe's post got me remembering back when I had a fairly large freshwater aquarium and I tried to plant it with a lush landscape of underwater plants, that there were some I liked that were bulbs (or corm or something) which I planted and they grew some nicely leaved plants. I think a few times I even got lucky and they sent a small scape to the top of the aquarium where they opened a small flower just above the surface of the water. I think they were called Aponogeton of some species or another. Joe's post made me wonder if we should try to add photos of the various underwater geophytes to the wiki, or discuss them on the list, since I think they are On Topic. I know it has already been agreed that water lilies and lotuses are full-fledged geophytes. I also wondered how many geophytes are solely or mainly underwater plants and what the genera and species are. A little while later, as I was looking through the vegetable seed catalogs trying to decide what to grow this year, I realized that there were a number of food geophytes (like potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes, as well as some of the Andean tubers and rhizomes) that would also be On Topic. Again I wondered if photos of these ought not be added to the wiki as well. As far as discussion, I know that some have been mentioned from time to time like sweet potatoes and bananas. It seems that some bananas which form corms are grown purely for ornamentation, for their flowers and/or their foliage. So they would definitely seem fair game for the wiki. Does anyone have full listing of all edible/food geophyte genera and species as well as the aquatic ones? And let's not leave out those that belong in both these camps like water chestnuts... ;-) Just trying to get a little affirmative action for the not-as-often-thought-of geophytes, --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a