Joe, I haven't seen a germinating Crinum seed in years, but as I recall the ones I've seen germinate like Hymenocallis liriosme. Here's how I interpret it: I think what you are seeing is a combination of the cotyledon and the hypocotyl. Being a monocot, Crinum has only one cotyledon, and it typically remains attached to the seed and may not appear above ground. There is a point along that cotyledon-hypocotyl axis where this axis thickens and the incipient bulb begins to differentiate; the first true leaf will emerge from this area; that's the epicotyl. Anything distal along that axis is hypocotyl. Jim McKenney