Comments on: Bulb Basics http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/03/27/bulb-basics/ Sat, 25 May 2013 11:14:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kevin Wiecks http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/03/27/bulb-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 Kevin Wiecks Mon, 04 May 2009 20:33:20 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=2067#comment-1898 Some people consider cyclamen a tuber. Some people consider it a corm. It is actually an enlarged hypocotyl. The hypocotyl is an important part of an emerging seedling. It normally develops into the stem, but in the case of some plants like cyclamen it enlargens and becomes a primary storage organ. Tuberous begonias also posses enlarged hypocotyls. Some people consider cyclamen a tuber. Some people consider it a corm. It is actually an enlarged hypocotyl. The hypocotyl is an important part of an emerging seedling. It normally develops into the stem, but in the case of some plants like cyclamen it enlargens and becomes a primary storage organ.

Tuberous begonias also posses enlarged hypocotyls.

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