• We grow over 50 distinct varieties of bulbispermum ranging from pure white to some with light pink stripes including some that open light the first day and then turn a blush pink the second or third day.
• True bulbispermum, the species, grow in the southern parts of Africa and almost never form offset bulbs, just seeds, but bulbispermum varietes crossed with each other bulbispermum or hybrids that are crossed with other species of crinum which can look just like a bulbispermum often form seeds but also will form new offset bulb from the base of the mother bulb.  "Spotty" Hannibal is the former form that produces regular offset bulbs and ample seed.  It is a very heavy bloomer.
• When mature it forms bulbs about 5" in diameter after about 10 years.   It has excellent characteristics.  Most of these hybrid bulbs have never been named but have been passed around for many decades. Bulbispermum are the most cold hardy of all crinum and larger bulbs can survive outside in the ground as far north as Indiana and New York, cold hardiness zone 5.
• Many, many hybrids have been done with bulbispermum such as herbertii (scabrum and bulbispermum), eboraci (bulbispermum and asiaticum), goweni (bulbispermum and zeylanicum), and poweiill (bulbispermum and moorei).  These common crosses are given these "grex" names, but there are many other less common crosses that don't have grex names.  One thing all of the bulbispermum crosses have in common is a greater tolerance for cold.
•  A very distinguishing feature of a bulbispermum species bulb is the long, tapering and pointed grey-green leaf.  This trait is usually found in all bulbispermum crossed with other bulbispermum but in the grex crosses the leaf color is mostly green.  In any case, almost all of these keep their leaves even in freezing temperatures where some or all of the leaves will freeze on most other types of crinum.

We grow over 50 distinct varieties of bulbispermum ranging from pure white to some with light pink stripes including some that open light the first day and then turn a blush pink the second or third day.bulbsnmorenurseryfl