Here is the evil plant:
This clump appears to be the mother of all this evil. . It had a tag in the middle, and potting soil around the oldest bulbs. I remember buying variegated society garlic, but this stuff isn't variegated. The leaves are flat, not round as I thought. they are very juicy inside.
I do not remember ever seeing little bulbs up under the bloom, either. When I did a google search, that seemed to be an important factor on naming this plant.