What's a Bulb?,
boutin (Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:10:13 PDT)

Another odd "bulb" which I encountered years ago in far western Jalisco,
Mexico, on cliffs between Bara de Navidad and Autlan was Pitcairnia
micheliana a bromeliad which was quite "bulbous" and had red-red flowers.
This one a bulbous lithophyte, or rock dweller.

Fred