Follow-up: a rhizome may give rise to various types of shoots, as in Cattleya or Flagellaria, or to individual leaves and flowers or inflorescences. On 3 June 2012 18:24, 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", > > which is an older use of a word now applied to very different structures. > > > > Dylan > > If this is the case then how do you define rhizome? Most Musa do not fit > the the normal definition of rhizome. Also, how would Ensete be classified > as they do not spread at all? > > Tim Chapman > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- "*Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.*" ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton