Absolutely not a goner in my opinion. I've had to remove parts of basal plates on rescue bulbs, several lost more than what you're showing. I leave it wrapped loosely in a paper towel overnight to dry it and let it scab a bit, then plant it. I'd suggest putting it in soil to help it recover. you're gonna want to plant it pretty high, like half the bulb out of the soil. it will pull itself down when it grows roots. then just keep it barely moist until it shows signs of growth. those leaves may die back, but roots should grow and the bulb will send up new leaves. at the very least you should get some offsets. good luck :)

It won't rot? It has been out sting for several days now.

What I would suggest is that you thoroughly dry the bulb for at least 10 days to two weeks leaving it out in the open air. At that time it should callus over including those cuts along the side of the bulb, the layers will separate a bit as it dries but that's OK.

At the time you are ready to plant, I would put rooting hormone on what's left of the basal plate and sit the bulbs on top of moist (not soaking wet) soil. If you don't have hormone, just do it without. Don't water it again for quite some time. The soil drying out will not hurt the bulb, being too wet will.

The leaves currently on the bulb will die but don't worry, at some point, maybe even a few months from now it should send up new leaves. You can pick the bulb up off the soil every week or so to make sure no more rot is evident. If you are lucky enough to see the nubbins on new root growth, moisten the soil a bit more but never soak it.

If it doesn't work, don't feel too bad, we've all had bulbs in the IC unit and sometimes it's a success, sometimes it's not.

Another thing I do sometimes when I have a rootless (not damaged) bulb is s to sit it on moist perlite, (hard to keep moist but it dries out quickly which in this case is good) (drainage holes required) and put in on a warm place, not hot and not in the sun. We are lucky enough to still have one old fashion TV with a cabinet which gets nice and warm on top from all the cable equipment sitting on it.

Good luck,...Donna

Good luck with this bulb! You just have to be patient, time will tell. I've had a sick bulb sitting there, doing nothing for almost a year, neither growing leaves or roots nor rotting. I was going to toss it but it felt firm and so I left it in the soil and last spring it startet to grow leaves and roots. And I just discovered the tip of a bud this morning... And I lost other bulbs that just rotted away.

Anja