Crinum -What is "splendens"?
James Waddick (Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:50:25 PDT)

For Joe (and Claude earlier);
Sorry I can't comment about growing submerged, but I wonder
how many red-leafed Crinum there are and are they all C.
asiaticum/Procerum?

Do seedlings come true with red foliage?

I see references to - Crinum asiaticum, Crinum procerum,
'Queen Emma'(does this really have red foliage?) and the hybrid
(http://bulbnrose.com/crinumz/crinum/…) of asiaticum x
digweedii, another hybrid C. asiaticum splendens x C. mauritanicum,
broad leaf form, narrow leaf form, and surely others.

And why are some called red-leaf and others purple-leaf? Are
there actual color differences?

Inquiring minds and all that... Best Jim W.
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