Possible Jim I was just thinking that because crinum roots can divide for example Crocus and Hyacinth roots don't divide as far as I know I will give it a test this summer Roland 2012/2/7 J.E. Shields <jshields@indy.net>: > Mostly, once the first root coming out of a Crinum seed is broken, that's > the end for that seed. Very rarely, I've seen crinum seeds with two > shoots, and I believe (but have not dissected to see) that this is because > there were two embryos in that seed. -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com