Yep, this plant has been moved twice and continued to faciate accompanied by rapid division after those moves. As you can see, the second move in 08 or 09 was close to the brush pile--so that's where it was headed---when I had second thoughts to keep it for more observation. This latest move now in the fall of 2011 will tell us a lot more. All of the offsets were saved. The two divisions were moved into two separate gardens along with 6 offsets. The remaining 7 offsets were given to my daughter to plant and pass out to her friends so I'll have some tracking ability there too.
It is the relationship of such rapid bulb division and the seemingly inheirent faciation that intrigues me. Of course I didn't realize any of this in the beginning. It was only after I had enough history over the years that I made that association. Its not just a case of overculture or overcrowding and other Regals at reasonable proximity never faciate.
I terribly regret that I didn't take pictures of the two divisions and their many offsets last fall. Thats information lost forever now. But I was deeply involved with a very important seedling project involving about 150 plants from about 40 different crosses of named parents and that was my highest priority within that busy timeframe. But I'll be posting more pictures as I continue to track this plant.
