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write2rellie
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Well it turns out the mystery bulb we thought was an iris is actually a corm. The first one has bloomed and it is a beautiful yellow gladiola. I'll post pics when I find the wire to my digital camera.

when I moved them I thought they were bulbs. what is the difference? [Embarrassed]

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rellie
Plants: 147 | From: bellflower, ca | Registered: Jan 2004  |  Seeded: 24.130.136.119
weezie13
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Rellie,
Did you get a picture yet???
Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

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Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.111.30
Bill
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[teacher]
* Bulbs are the thickened underground storage organ of the group of perennials which includes daffodils and tulips.
* Tubers are flat underground stems which store food and plant energy and from which a plant grows. (e.g. Dahlias)
* Corms are thick underground stems which produce the new roots, leaves and flowers during each growing season.
* A Rhizome is a modified plant stem which grows horizontally under the surface of the soil. New growth then emerges from different points of the rhizome. Irises and some lawn grasses are rhizomatous plants.

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/bulbousplants.html
Plants: 11227 | From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 4.242.90.83
   

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