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].