Mine never had a rough cover, they are smooth, 3 bulbs interlocking like a jigsaw. Brown thinner than tissue paper covering which had mostly peeled off. Some of your original photos were more like my unknown bulb. Thank you Roland Ina Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 On 3/02/2013 9:13 a.m., Bulborum Botanicum wrote: > Here the promised pictures > I hope it works this time > > Roland > > https://plus.google.com/photos/… >