3.1. Water Status
During the storage period, growing buds are large recipients of water. Water redistribution in bulbs and its transfer to the buds plays an important role in the complete development of the flowers and is temperature-dependent. Indeed, in tulips, formed flower buds are aborted after storage in the wrong temperature conditions (17 °C). The water content in these flower buds is almost half of that in normal flowers of bulbs stored at optimal temperature (5 °C), thus suggesting that at least one of the possible reasons for bud abortion may be its insufficient water supply [9].