multiplying Zephyranthes

Steven hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:40:15 PDT
Hi Ina 
You can do this with many plants if you keep them moist & rot free.
I've done this with crinums & they are really easy, babies shoot quickly even from quartered plants. Ive always waited until growth is most active. I've done it by accident with habranthes robustus & zephyranthes I can't think of it ??  The large fragrant white one, cutting them exactly I'n half when digging them up, I always replant the bits & some of them survive for several months but dont shoot, some re-shoot but don't recover well enough to offset, & some shoot offsets easily. Personally i think if you had a rare one it wouldn't be worth the risk, because most whole zephs shoot offsets reasonably quickly.

Steven :  )
Esk Queensland Australia
Summer Zone 5  Winter Zone 10

On 27/09/2012, at 4:32 PM, Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> I was asked today if I had ever seen the method used of multiplying 
> Zephyranthes by cutting the bulb 
> Ina Crossley
> Auckland New Zealand  Zone 10
> 
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