Gerbera can't be called a bulbous plant because it is not grown from a bulb. The plants produce root suckers which is divided to grow a new plant. But it looks like a bulbous plant as all the leaves and flowers emerges from the suckers. Looking for info from experts.
Regards, Mani On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:23 PM, bmb <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Gerbera is classified as bulbous plant in most gardening books although it > does not produce bulbs/tubers/corms/rhizomes and is usually propagated by > division of plants. Why is it called so ? > > Brij Mohan Bhardwaj > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
