Nhu writes "What I said was that the floral tube ends near the pseudostem." These structures are not related or connected, but this statement could be misunderstood to imply that they are. The floral tube may be very close to the pseudostem but it is not connected to it. In the case of Pamianthe the inflorescence is inserted in the pseudostem (as in Worsleya also) but it is a separate structure that makes its connection to the plant further below, in the bulb itself. Other bulbs have a similar morphology but with the inflorescence and pseudostem standing separately, e.g., some Scadoxus species. It is called a "pseudostem" because it is actually leaf bases formed together to function and look like a stem. In other words, a false stem. Dylan Hannon