| 21. | They are baby lily bulbs, called bulbils, designed by nature to fall to the ground and make new plants.
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| 22. | These include plants that reproduce vegetatively by runners or bulbils, or which produce seeds without embryo fertilization ( apomixis ).
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| 23. | Individual flowers are reddish-purple and are occasionally replaced by bulbils ( again making this a potentially invasive species ).
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| 24. | Flowering of many " Remusatia " s are often rare and bulbils serve as their primary means of reproduction.
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| 25. | The bulbils cling to animals which allows for them to be distributed and is likely the primary cause for their large distribution.
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| 26. | The root seeks a bit of penetrable soil, bores in, gets a grip, then pulls the bulbil in after it.
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| 27. | Oddly enough, it seldom has bulbils, unless it has been damaged, in which case it throws off baby bulbifera galore.
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| 28. | Also, it seems the bulbils are taking an enormous amount of time ( years ! ) to get big enough to flower.
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| 29. | Only the last one always produces secondary aerial bulbs ( " bulbils " ) in the axils of the upper leaves.
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| 30. | In addition to larger underground tubers, Chinese yam also produces smaller bulbils ( aerial tubers ) produced where leaves join the stem.
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