[aroid-l] question about tubers vs. bulbs

From: SongString at aol.com on 2003.05.05 at 17:19:08(10174) Should I call my Amorphophallus Konjac growing out of a bulb or tuber? What is the difference? Is it just that a tuber may be shaped different than a bulb? +More Can I get seeds from a tuberous plant, such as the A. Konjac and have new plants come from seeds from the Konjac, or does it only come from more little "tubers". Mine has never bloomed before. Does it have to be pollinated in order to keep growing and producing more plants? If it only grows from tubers, why does it need to be pollinated? I'm not a botanist,and my biology classes were over several decades ago. Nancy

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