Which flower starts its floriculture production as a bulb in a field?

• A. Tulip
• B. Orchid
• C. Easter Lily
• D. Rose

Answer: (C)

In floriculture, crops that begin their production from a bulb planted in the field are bulb crops—the bulb acts as the stored energy that drives the first growth and flowering. Easter Lily is a classic example of this approach: it is a bulbous plant (Lilium longiflorum) grown from bulbs that are planted in fields, then allowed to grow and later forced for blooming. This field-started bulb production is what the question is highlighting.

Orchids aren’t started from field bulbs; they’re typically grown from seed or tissue culture and developed through different propagation methods. Roses are not bulb crops either; they’re usually propagated by cuttings or grafting rather than starting from a bulb. Tulips do use bulbs, so they also fit the idea of bulb-based production, but the context of this question and common floriculture practice point to Easter Lily as the representative example of starting production from a bulb in the field.