tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post7719482749864167873..comments2023-10-11T04:34:10.280-07:00Comments on Musings of a slowly rotting mind…: A most curious plantTom Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406594538384486447noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-14291946583679687352008-05-29T15:33:00.000-07:002008-05-29T15:33:00.000-07:00I guess the bulb doesn't have to be tasty to be nu...I guess the bulb doesn't have to be tasty to be nutritious :-) Just a thought - did you actually eat the plant you dug up for pseudo scientific purposes? If not, you could extend the experiment for us and let us know what it tastes like.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for shedding some light on this, Aunt Pat. Hope you have a good visit with Avis. <BR/><BR/>Looks like you were on the right track too Pete, with your leafy questions.<BR/><BR/>I have to run too - someone is coming to inspect the house (with a view to buying it) in 25 minutes.Susan Hurley-Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576835307387726494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-37104529179799506252008-05-29T09:28:00.000-07:002008-05-29T09:28:00.000-07:00Hey guys, I didn't see this blog until this mornin...Hey guys, I didn't see this blog until this morning (29th). The Brodiaeas all have the long flower stem but their leaves are from the bulb too, and are long, slender, and probably wilted and brown and don't look like leaves anymore. If you are familiar with the amaryillis they call Naked Ladies, the blooms come out all on their own, and the leaves are all dried out beforehand. (beforehand looks funny--is it right?)<BR/><BR/>Gotta go and pick up Avis at the train station. She's coming up from Encinitas to visit today and will go back on the train this afternoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-48709826665680747982008-05-28T17:03:00.000-07:002008-05-28T17:03:00.000-07:00Susan, I read that it is edible. Tasty? I don't kn...Susan, I read that it is edible. Tasty? I don't know. It seems that plants with bulbs have leaves; daffodils come to mind.<BR/><BR/>Pete, looking at the stem, all the way from bulb to flower, there is nothing but smooth. No nodes for leaves to pop out. The flowers have very green bases(?) and that along with the stem itself may act as a photosynthesizing element.Tom Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406594538384486447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-41595146150324013282008-05-28T16:55:00.000-07:002008-05-28T16:55:00.000-07:00All I found was that some plants with no leaves ma...All I found was that some plants with no leaves make their branches do the job. <BR/><BR/>The bulb also has a lot to do with the plant's nutrition. This plant is an edible one - the bulbs store a lot of nutrition that humans like - so it may store food over winter and survive on what's in that during the summer.Susan Hurley-Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576835307387726494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-4980323729833291302008-05-28T16:36:00.000-07:002008-05-28T16:36:00.000-07:00Very interesting. Does it have leaves during a di...Very interesting. Does it have leaves during a different time of year, blooming in spring before this year's leaves appear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com