Tiger Lotus Question

yank um. Split them where they are obviously a new plant with new root structures. Move them, sell them, burn them, whatever you wish.

I bought a lotus once that had a nice big bulb, with roots and leaves growing out of the top. When I was replanting it once, the top part (roots and stems) broke cleanly off the bulb. I tried replanting the bulb and the top seperately. At first the top sent out a few new leaves and I thought it would live, but then it stopped growing and I eventually threw it out. Maybe it would have started up again if I'd given it a chance, but I thought it was broken. Meanwhile, the bulb didn't do anything, and so I thought it too was dead until about eight months later, I discover some lotus leaves coming up in the area of the forgotten bulb.

I know this is an old thread but I wanted to say that I still have all those bulbs and they still shoot out lotus all the time. Replanting the plant itself after removing it from the bulb works fine. I also have so many bulbs now that it does not matter if some of them go into a hibernation state, there are always lotus in my tank.

One thing that I have learn about lotus is I need to watch for the feeler shoot they send up looking for the waters surface. If you allow this to happen, it looks pretty cool at first, but allowing this is like letting out a pack of tigers! Suddenly that bulb will send out a bunch of water surface shoots and they will block all the light to that side of the tank. I personally remove those shoots and cut the underwater shoots low since this plant is very trainable. It is also very easy to spot the water surface shoots because they are noticeably thicker.