Even though Musa are described as corms, Perhaps they don't quite fit the descriptions of rhizome, bulb or corm well enough. So i recon we should re-wright the Dictionaries & the Wiki's & reclassify them Rhizocorms Steven : ) Esk Queensland Australia Summer Zone 5 Winter Zone 10 On 04/06/2012, at 11:24 AM, Tim Chapman <tim@gingerwoodnursery.com> wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Hannon <othonna@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Calling a banana rhizome a "corm" is like calling a palm trunk a "caudex", >> Dylan > > Most Musa do not fit the the normal definition of rhizome. > Tim Chapman > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/