Some so-called bulbs, such as crocus and gladiolus, are in fact corms, which are just thickened hunks of stem. If you want crocuses to multiply prolifically, make cuttings, as you would with any stem.

This stem is the one that will produce those gorgeous leaves, the stunningly large flowers, and the delectable fruit. Once a ...

Taro is not technically a root nor a tuber; the part most commonly eaten is botanically a corm, meaning a thickened underground stem that’s used by the plant to store nutrients. The plant itself is ...

Reviewed by Julie Thompson-Adolf Reviewed by Julie Thompson-Adolf Certain plants have a swollen, underground plant stem called a "corm." The purpose of this stem is to store nutrients, food ...

Like the corm, they are made from modified stem tissue, but they do not produce baby tubers. Most just get larger and some can be cut into sections to make more plants.

When the corm (otherwise known as a plant stem) has stored enough energy, it becomes dormant for about four months. Then, the process repeats. The corm typically weighs around 110 pounds.

Like Wally, the devil’s tongue sprouts from a corm, an underground, tuber-like stem. When in bloom, the plant’s spadix (the purple spire in the center) heats up to around 70 degrees, emitting ...

Franklin Park's imminently blooming corpse flower is just under 5 feet tall from the soil level up, with a corm weighing roughly 25 pounds. Lorentzen said the plant will continue to get taller in ...

Konjac is known for its starchy corm, a tuber-like part of the stem that grows underground. The corm is used to make a rich source of soluble dietary fibre known as glucomannan.

A resulting increase in crosstalk between pericytes and neural stem cells led to induction of neurogenesis. The CORM-3-treated mice also showed enhanced neurological recovery, as determined by a ...

Like Wally, the devil’s tongue sprouts from a corm, an underground, tuber-like stem. When in bloom, the plant’s spadix (the purple spire in the center) heats up to around 70 degrees, emitting ...