#bulbils

[bluetapes]

The latest Blue Tapes Radio show is available to available to stream or download from our Soundcloud - features The Blue Tapes House Band, Richard Dawson of that Bulbils, Michael O'Shea, Batu, Kaatayra and Eloïse Decazes and Marion Cousin.

[rumeko]

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[awkwardbotany]

The Wonderful World of Plantlets, Bulbils, Cormlets, Tubercles, and Gemmae

The Wonderful World of Plantlets, Bulbils, Cormlets, Tubercles, and Gemmae

Probably the most well known strategy that plants have for dispersal is by way of seeds. Seeds are plants in embryo, and new generations of plants are born when seeds, released from their parent plants, find suitable locations to germinate. But one of the most amazing things about plants in general is that they have the ability to reproduce in a variety of different ways, and many plant species…

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[morphons]

Agave angustifolia f. variegata ‘Marginata’ bulbils developing on the flower stem. Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura. March 2019.

[farmertucker]

in love with these #garlic #bulbils (at Healdsburg, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0PQVs9higY/?igshid=1ogkevfyhbge5

[thebusilybees]

Brutzwiebeln am Allium Bulbils at allium

[notmymorphons]

27-09-17, Penzance, Cornwall: Furcraea sp. (either selloa or foetida, I think, does anyone else know?) with hundreds of bulbils on the inflorescence. If more had been within reach, I would have taken more home, but I acquired around 40, and I’ve now potted them up into the default gritty soil mix for succulents, and they’ll root over the next few weeks.

[regnum-plantae]

Allium paradoxum, Amaryllidaceae

Since 1823, the year it was first introduced to the British Isles, the few-flowered leek has slowly started spreading and is now easily encountered along riverbanks, moist woodland and hedges, being particularly diffuse in certain areas of Scotland. It was originally brought here from the Caucasus and Western Asia and its ability to reproduce asexually with ease through bulbils produced instead of many flowers, similarly to A. vineale, has given it a great advantage over other early geophytes. Its growth smothers competitors and it is considered an invasive weed illegal to plant, however it is edible and can be harvested (making sure to wait it flowers if you’re not too confident with your identification skills) and used exactly as the native ramsons, A. ursinum, in a variety of delicious ways. 

If you live in the UK and decide to harvest some from the wild and bring it home, please make sure you are not dropping bulbils on your way back, and destroy the ones you end up not using to help slowing down its advance, snowdrops and bluebells will thank you!