I would say there's a good argument for filing S. foetidus under "geophyte". It certainly has a large subterranean storage organ, and like many woodland geophytes it does most of its above-ground business in late winter and spring while light and moisture are ample. Russell >I certainly wasn't trying to be provocative, and I'm sorry if you thought I >was. Jim Waddick was trying to nudge us back towards bulby things, and I >was totally enamored of my symplocarpus colony and thought that they might >be "close enough" to share with what turned out to be several enthusiasts >on the list. No worries, though - I don't have anything more to say about >them, so will restrict myself to posting a link to some photos when/if I >get any posted. > >Ellen > >On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Hannon <othonna@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I still like Charles Gorenstein's off-hand definition of a geophyte or > > "bulb" in the broad sense: any plant that has a dormant structure that > > stands up perfectly well to being tossed in a paper bag and mailed across > > the country. > > > > Dylan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *L’aubepine en fleurs fut mon premier alphabet.* [The flowering hawthorn > > was my first alphabet.] — Rene Char > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > >-- >Ellen Hornig >212 Grafton St >Shrewsbury MA 01545 >508-925-5147 >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ Russell Stafford Odyssey Bulbs PO Box 382 South Lancaster, MA 01561 508-335-8106 http://www.odysseybulbs.com/