Bulb cuttings, with a portion of the basal plate, is a way to relatively quickly produce a large (depending on the species) number of clonal propogars from a bulb. The resulting plants will flower about the same time, sometimes a year sooner, than seed grown plants. The advantage, from the nursery trade perspective, is that all the plants are clones that will be identical to the parent. On Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 8:55 PM Shmuel Silinsky <gardenbetter@gmail.com> wrote: > Basal plate in a bulb is the equivalent of the stem in other plants. > Planting leaves (the bulb) may work as a way of propagating, but I would > not thing it a way to get a good flowering plant quickly. But I am no > Crinum expert. > > Shmuel Silinsky > Jerusalem, Israel > Create your own email signature > < > https://wisestamp.com/signature-in-email/… > > > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 4:09 AM, Tim Eck <teck11@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > I concur. My understanding is that all growth originates at the basal > > plate. > > > > Tim Eck > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf > Of > > > Steve Evans via pbs > > > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 8:07 PM > > > To: Pacific Bulb Society > > > Cc: Steve Evans > > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Crinum > > > > > > I have never heard of one growing without the basal plate. In my > > experience > > > they rot. > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 18:57, Lamon Ready<lamonready@hotmail.com> > > > wrote: Serious question. > > > > > > Ebay seller sold 4 Super Ellen bulbs. A friend dug and shipped for > > hospitalized > > > seller. > > > > > > 3 were fine, 1 had basal plate cut off. Seller contends it will grow. I > > say it will > > > not, but will rot. > > > > > > They are replacing it, still claiming it will grow. I have searched the > > net, but > > > found nothing definitive. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > Lamon Ready > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Lamon Ready <lamonready@hotmail.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 1:09 PM > > > To: Pacific Bulb Society; Lamon Ready > > > Subject: Crinum > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Will crinum bulbs with the basal plate cut off live and grow - thrive? > > > > > > I bought some and one was minus the plate. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Lamon Ready > > > > > > Cairo, Ga, USA > > > > > > Zone 8b > > > > > > > > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//… > > http%3A%2F%2Flists.paci > > > ficbulbsociety.net%2Fcgi- > > > bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpbs&data=02%7C01%7C%7C78df95a76b49469 > > > ba2ef08d5f185c82f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C6 > > > 36680479245784070&sdata=igeDMpupFLfZM6Qt9t696zfxczySLp7gGj7PnO5Br > > > WM%3D&reserved=0 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…