bulbils in English

noun
1
a small bulblike structure, especially in the axil of a leaf or at the base of a stem, that may form a new plant.
If you look closely at the flower head you can see lots of bulbils forming - each one of those will grow into a new plant if it gets the chance.
noun
    bulblet

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1. For more of Henry's pictures of Bulbils and of our experience growing Bulbils visit his photo gallery

2. The Bulbils develop when a flower stalk (scape) is allowed to mature. Bulbils

3. Bulbils Bulbils are liny bulbs that grow on a stem above ground

4. Scape flower filled with Bulbils

5. Synonyms for Bulbils in Free Thesaurus

6. Bulbils are very small so it normally takes 2-3 years to grow full sized garlic from Bulbils.

7. A few other lilies produce these Bulbils

8. There are several reasons to plant Bulbils, …

9. What does Bulbils mean? Plural form of bulbil

10. Bulbils form along the stem of the plant at leaf axils

11. Picture: 1) Bulbils in garlic 'seedhead' or umbel

12. See also our Growing Rocamboles from Bulbils page

13. Bulbils are like miniature round or oblong cloves

14. Got Garlic Bulbils? You may be able to plant them! When garlic scapes are left on the garlic plant, they will mature into garlic Bulbils

15. Bulbils are important vegetative reproductive organs in triploid Lilium lancifolium

16. I received seeds, not Bulbils, as the description indicated

17. Bulbils will take an extra year of growth before they begin to bloom.

18. The Tonkin hybrid 'Rascal' has two tiny Bulbils approx

19. Bulbils along the rachis on a Polystichum setiferum cultivar

20. Bulbils form when a scape is allowed to mature.

21. Your nursery is the place also for planting aerial Bulbils

22. Because Bulbils so readily propagate, learning how to grow plants from Bulbils makes for easy propagation as most can be harvested once they’ve matured.

23. Growing from Bulbils doesn’t involve and special equipment or extra cost — just a lot of patience and planning due to the fact that it takes years for Bulbils to produce mature garlic plants

24. There is an advantage to planting garlic Bulbils over cloves

25. Simply put, Bulbils are the offspring of their parent plant

26. You can grow high quality hardneck garlic from Bulbils or you can sprout the small Bulbils and use as a healthy addition in cooking or salads

27. The Bulbils divide into tiers, the second set of Bulbils producing green shoots, leaves or barren stems to bring the height of the plant to over 75cm

28. Bulbils will be harvested from our small farm in southwest Colorado

29. Bulbils can be an inexpensive way to build up your garlic supply

30. Growing from Bulbils also seems to increase the vitality of strains

31. We started Bulbils as a way to deal with coronavirus / lockdown

32. We refreshed our hardneck planting stock from Bulbils every few years

33. Bulbils are tiny, undivided bulbs produced in the scape of hardneck garlic

34. ‘The fine, young leaves of sprouted garlic Bulbils look like newly sprouted grass.’ ‘A unique feature of this flower is that the Bulbils appear in the leaf axils.’

35. ‘The fine, young leaves of sprouted garlic Bulbils look like newly sprouted grass.’ ‘A unique feature of this flower is that the Bulbils appear in the leaf axils.’

36. If you wish to minimize spreading, remove the Bulbils and dispose of them

37. So the answer is yes, you can easily grow garlic from Bulbils

38. During inflorescence development, flowers differentiate first and then Bulbils initiate between flower buds

39. Bulbils are the small seedlike bulbs that form on top of hardneck garlic

40. The tiny Bulbils will produce first-year plants that look like grass or miniature chives

41. Medium Bulbils (such as from Marble Purple Stripes) need to be around 1 inch across

42. The garlic scapes will form into garlic Bulbils if they are not cut off

43. They have star-shaped Bulbils produced at the nodes, generally 3-6 mm wide

44. Bulbils can be left in the ground until the top growth has turned brown

45. Or if you wish to propagate, you can carefully remove the Bulbils and pot them

46. 2 Pick off any Bulbils as they mature in the leaf axils on the stem

47. Essentially, the Bulbils are clones of the mother plant that can be planted to produce a …

48. Have you seen the little black “beads” on the stems of Tiger Lilies? These are stem Bulbils

49. Garlic is one of those plants that produces topsets, or Bulbils. Since hardneck garlic doesn't produce good seed – softneck doesn't even develop a flower stalk – Bulbils are a good way to grow a lot more garlic

50. While some species spread vigorously through seeds or Bulbils, many varieties do not spread at all