Your mileage may vary. I've noticed that Amorphophallus corms have already formed the flower bud when they go dormant, as well as the next year's leaf bud. For extra confusion, one of mine had a leaf failure, and when that fell away there was already a bud starting to expand from the same growing point...even though normally they are a one leaf a year plant. On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:01 PM Diane via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > When you buy flower bulbs, the flower is already present, squished > inside. I’ve never cut a bulb open to see how developed the flower is. > > I wonder when they begin to form? When do conditions have to be right for > this to happen? > > Have any of you bought bulbs that did not flower? > > This question was triggered by my bletilla corms producing only leaves for > nine years. > > Diane Whitehead > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…