I think we should stick with real bulbs. The first Amorphophallus tubers found were about 200lb. Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ On 9/24/2012 10:25 AM, Kathleen Sayce wrote: > If you are looking for truly large tubers, Marah species (Cucurbitaceae) have human-body-sized tubers, well buried underground. I dug a 10 year old tuber out of my garden one year, which took me 2 days and was only the size of a basketball. Stories have floated around the pacific northwest for years about old tubers being as large as an adult male human body. Which I now believe, having dug up this one young tuber. > > Cheers, > Kathleen > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >