HI Alberto, There is much confusion between the species C. asiaticum, pedunculatum and procerum - both because some of the plants offered are actual hybrids between these species and there is natural variation in each species as well as misidentification. The tropical forms of C. pedunculatum from Northern Australia for instance have longer trunk columns and broader flatter leaves. They also offset infrequently and dont split so in natural growing conditions you only see the one plant and if there are others around it they have developed from seeds. In my experience most plants passing as asiaticum offset lightly to heavily but dont split.I have bought seeds of asiaticum from America and England and the plants look quite different. As for C. procerum, there appears to be both splitting and offset forms - and the larger forms are more likely to split and the more gracile forms offset. I think the conditions leading to spliting and offsetting is more likely to be a response to climatic and cultural conditions. For example in the wild, C. pedunculatum grows in dunes next to sandy beaches and they withstand intensely hot and dry conditons for many months and are typically found growing as single trunked specimens. However when brought into cultivation these same specimens with plenty of water and nutrition will get plump and most will split doubling or tripling themselves. However if you grow them in relatively small tubs you dont have this problem, and they will still grow to a reasonable size. We really need to collect seed of Crinums from SouthEast Asia, India, Japan and the south Pacific to be really sure of the differences between. Cheers Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Grossi" <crinum@libero.it> To: "pbs" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:44 PM Subject: [pbs] Crinum > Hi all, I have a question, maybe banal. > How does multiply asiaticum (beside seeds, of course)? Does it split the > columnar bulb or by offsets? I thought to have a C. asiaticum, but now I > am not so sure! > What are the differences between procerum pedunculatum asiaticum? > > Thank you very much > > Alberto > Italy > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/