The body of a corm is modified stem tissue and as the growing season progresses it withers away. Before that can happen, a new corm or corms (called cormels) are made around the outside edge of ...

Crab-like in appearance, a corm is a type of modified swollen stem base. 'There are many varieties of ranunculus and different sizes of corms,' says Daniel Schavey, flower farmer and owner of ...