Lilies: Lilies: Ok , Who has Lilies spring out of the ground -PART 2, 1 by pardalinum

pardalinum wrote:
OK, mystery solved! As you can see, the new growth dived into the old stalk which, being underground at this point, is much softer than the exposed remnant. The exposed remnant is firmer than the part rotting away under the soil line, thus the new growth is guided up through the exposed stalk! I suspect that the new growth entered the old stalk within the bulb, very early on. Sooo.... there you have it!