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2. Crocus - Wikipedia

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   Crocus (/ ˈ k r oʊ k ə s /; plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae (iris family) comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. They are low growing plants, whose flower stems remain underground, that bear relatively large white, yellow, orange or purple flowers and then ...

3. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Wikipedia

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   The plant blooms annually around the beginning of the rainy season. The flower bud emerges from the corm as a purple shoot, and later blooms as a purple inflorescence. The pistillate (female) and staminate (male) flowers are on the same plant and are crowded in cylindrical masses as an inflorescence. The top part is responsible for secreting ...

4. Corm - Wikipedia

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   A number of species replace corms every year by growing a new corm. This process starts after the shoot develops fully expanded leaves. The new corm forms at the shoot base just above the old corm. As the new corm grows, short stolons appear that end with the newly growing small cormels. As the plants grow and flower, they use up the old corm ...

5. Freesia - Wikipedia

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   They are herbaceous plants which grow from a conical corm1–2.5 cm (1 ⁄ 2 –1 in) diameter, which sends up a tuft of narrow leaves 10–30 cm (4–12 in) long, and a sparsely branched stem 10–40 cm (4–16 in) tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of flowers with six petals.

6. Colchicum - Wikipedia

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   Colchicum (/ ˈ k ɒ l tʃ ɪ k əm / KOL-chik-əm or / ˈ k ɒ l k ɪ k əm / KOL-kik-əm) [2] is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms. It is a member of the botanical family Colchicaceae , and is native to West Asia , Europe , parts of the Mediterranean coast, down the East ...

7. Gladiolus - Wikipedia

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   The large-flowered types require moisture during the growing season, and must be individually staked as soon as the sword-shaped flower heads appear. The leaves must be allowed to die down naturally before lifting and storing the corms. Plants are propagated either from small cormlets produced as offsets by the parent corms, or from seed. In ...

8. Oxalis triangularis - Wikipedia

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   Oxalis triangularis grows from corms (also called "bulbils" [4]), propagated by division. Like other corms, it goes through regular dormancy periods; at the end of each period, the corms can be unearthed, offsets cut and replanted in appropriate soil, where they will grow into new plants. [10]

9. Brodiaea coronaria - Wikipedia

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   Close-up of flower. Brodiaea coronaria is a perennial herb growing from a corm and producing an erect inflorescence with a few basal leaves. The inflorescence is up to about 25 centimeters (10 inches) tall and bears lilylike flowers on an array of pedicels.