Bulblet

Bulblets - Sometimes a fritillaria bulb forms suckers at the base of the stem, just above the mother bulb. You'll notice tiny foliage sprouting from these bulblets. In the fall, bulblets can be carefully broken off or cut away with a sharp knife.

bulbil (alt. bulbel, alt. bulblet) A small bulb or bulb-shaped body, especially one borne upon the stem, and usually produced for asexual reproduction. GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms New Search: ...

More often than not, a bulblet is an excact clone of the parent bulb except in those rare cases when a sport is formed (through a genetical mutation when the offspring end up exibihiting a distinct change from the parent).

Bulblets are small bulbs growing from the main bulb, such as in Hippeastrum spp. (amaryllis). Bulbils grow on the stem in the axils of leaves or bracts.

Bulblets develop on the main bulbs. So, while it is not necessary to repot every year, it may be desirable to repot every two to three years, to remove the new bulblets and pot them separately in their own pots.

Bulblet - a small bulb that develops around a parent bulb and can be removed to propagate additional plants. Button - the small heads of broccoli or cabbage that form as a result of seedlings being exposed to freezing temperatures.

Bulblet Small bulbs arising in the leaf axils. Bundle scar Small dots or lines on the surface of the leaf scar marking the point of original departure of the vascular conducting strands into the leaf. Also called bundle trace.

Planting out the little bulblets which form around the main bulb while it is in the ground is called division. Another method is called 'chipping'.

Most bulbs divide when they grow large enough and also put out small bulblets that can eventually produce full size plants. Some people plant bulbs in beds to provide an early show of bright colors.

Bulbs which are older than two years will produce offset bulblets. These bulblets may be left attached to the mother and repotted that way, creating quite a show.

The Pregnant Onion gets its name from the fact it grows large and round and sends up baby bulblets all around its perimeters. It is native to South Africa so it will grow very easily outdoors in most similar climates like Southern California.

A commercial-sized bulb usually starts as a small, baby bulblet attached to the underground stem of the mother plant. When the mother plant is harvested, the bulblet is removed and planted in another field.

This plant can be stretched to USDA Zone 5 if a thick layer of mulch is applied in the winter. Self-propagates through bulbils (bulblets) that form in the leaf axil and fall to the ground; ...

Natural reproductive systems and growth and development requirements: Reproduces by offset bulblets and requires a warm (70 to 85F) - cool (40 to 55F) - warm (70 to 85F) annual thermoperiodic cycle. 6.

Propagate by seed, division or separation - Divide mature bulblets from the parent plant and replant in moist soil. Collect fresh seeds and sow out in a tray. Transplant when they reach a mangeable size.

kaufmanniana are ideal candidates for naturalizing, as they spread rapidly by seed, stolons, and bulblets. These wildflowers of the tulip family are less vulnerable to stormy spring weather, and their generally short stems don't bend in strong winds.

"Hardneck" varieties of garlic put up a tall, woody flowering stalk that produces bulblets at the top. Do not allow the plant to put energy into making these "seeds". Cut the seed stalks off as soon as the flower head has reached 8-9" tall.

Besides natural division, lilies can also be propagated or increased by stem bulblets, aerial bulbils, scales and seed.

As the plant matures, the underground bulb multiplies into ten to twenty cloves (or bulblets) that are wrapped in a papery skin. Other species of garlic may be found, the most common of these being the elephant garlic or A. ampeloprasum.

See also: Plant, Flower, Growing, Bulb, Soil