Thank you Tim, however I do believe very many gardeners are aware that there are distinctions, though unsure of what they are, and become much more confused because apparently knowledgeable people confuse the terms. I see this problem regularly with clients whom I garden for. Thank you too for the Information on Musa, I shall look for an opportunity to cut a plant or two open. the species I have handled did not look cormous on a superficial level. Peter (UK) On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Tim Chapman <tim@gingerwoodnursery.com>wrote: > > The quote was for "bulbs" because that is how the catalog source listed > it. Most of the larger resellers do not cater to the gardeners that know > the difference between a bulb and a corm. These people would be confused > with the different distinctions, especially when a genus may contain > species with bulbs and others with rhizomes, etc. > > On a side most Musaceae spp have corms with the exception of a few Musa > such as M laterita and the relatively new M siamensis, these have rhizomes. > >