North Yorkshire,
United Kingdom 
please can you identify these corms? on clearing a neglected corner i dug them up almost in a place where i once had sysyrinchium, a tall one with primrose coloured flowers. i hope it is that and not montbretia, but have never seen montbretia joined together like these. thanx, pam wilson
23 Apr, 2010
Answers
it is montbretia. they do strand especially when the clump is very old.
23 Apr, 2010
All our Sisyrinchium have fiberous roots, are some bulbous? I thought that montbretia stacked one bulb on top of another, Seaburngirl, like a necklace?
23 Apr, 2010
they sometimes split out in the middle and strands of connective cells remain. cant remember the correct term for the cells involved though.
23 Apr, 2010
Certainly not sisyrinchium, sorry.
23 Apr, 2010