Barbara, Thank you for sharing your interesting experience on the fall-over of a bloomed A. bulb with no roots. I can understand that "Everything the bulb needs to bloom is in the bulb". But "bulbs bloom without a single root visible" is simply out of my imagination. Not I don't believe it, but quite a remote image I can reach. I know that all needed to bloom is in the bulb, but I think the energy (fuel) is needed to grow/push out all that (bud, leaf) from the bulb. The functional roots do the work drawing water to the bulb to produce the energy with absorbed light. Maybe some bulbs w/o roots can draw water to itself? All I know is bulbs are supposed to be kept dry even just the bottom where roots grow out. If the rootless bulb can still absorb moisture from air to make energy, it probably runs slower to produce new grow than ones with roots? Anyway I'll continue to observe and report back any progress (or setback? hope not).
