As I expect everyone here knows, true bulbs have tissue differentiation in the bulb. Here's a sliced open hyacinth. More "primitive" bulbs have the flower stalk arising from the side, rather than the center of the bulb. Example - crinum. Thought I had an image of a sliced open crocus corm but do not. Must remember this fall *. . .* But anyhow since corms are undifferentiated I don't see how they could have a flower bud within the corm, ready to go. Judy in New Jersey where summer is steamy -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Hyacinths for Nowruz_cut open hyacinth bulb.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 44938 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2019-08_Crinum xpowellii-structural details.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 145455 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…