I have seen this demonstrated in a propogation book I have, but have never intentionally tried it. By mistake, I cut about 1/4 of a Crinum bulb off while lifting it. I remembered this section of the book and replanted the damaged bulb thinking it would heal. It died. The same book talks about taking a razor blade and scoring the outside of the bulb to encourage bulblets then replanting and checking the following season. Again, I haven't tried this.

Good luck.

Thanks for your info. I'm terffied to try it too. And I am also wary of separating for fear of damaging roots. So am just left with attached offsets. Would still be interested in hearing about others' experiences.

OK, OK,
I see no one else is going to chime in.
Here's the URL (below) to my Amaryllis page.
I got into cutting sections a few years ago, my results were approx 50%. I did learn that I kept them 'TOO" wet, so, if you try it be sure to not overwater.
If you only have one plant I wouldn't do it.
Have a nice day.
Danny

Here is a link that might be useful: My Amaryllis

Looks like my try at it resulted in "the other 50%". As for breaking off the bulblet, I have done that with Amaryllis and Crinum without loosing any.

i would have chimed, but i was only going to refer to your page, danny, and i couldn't remember the url. :-)

Thanks. I appreciate this information and learned a lot more. That's a wonderful page, Danny. Probably the best I've seen on Amaryllis.

UR welcome, good luck.

I've propagated a number of my Amaryllis bulbs by cutting them. As long as you're careful about making sure a piece of the basal plate is included in each cutting and you dust each cutting with a fungicide (e.g. ferbam), it's surprising how many pieces you can divide the bulb into. I usually wait until my bulbs get to about a 6" diameter then I'll cut them vertically into 12 or more pieces. A friend of mine owns a nursery and he tells me that I could have cut the bulbs into many more pieces than the 12 or so I usually do. After they're cut I place the cuttings into a peat / perlite mixture that's kept slightly damp and transfer the cuttings to pots once they're actively growing.

netsysmgr-
Thanks for this information! There were not many responses from people familiar with this technique. How many years from division to bloom did you observe?

I have tried every thing in the book and out side the book.
Propogation by cutting works,result 80 o/o or better if you do not ower water them.They take three years to bloom same as from seeds.
Offsets if few may be left with the mother (THEY GROW FASTER;ONLY REPOT THEM IN BIGGER POT).Having left them in situ; seperate and replant when dorment or mid JAN. if you have warm climate and AMARYLLIS does not dorment.
To me propogation by cutting/scaling is no fun.You only get more of what you already have.
To me real pleasure is in cross breading.You never know what you may get.Some times what you get is far bettrer then what is avaiable at shops and its yours, no one else has it.
Ask HANS
May you fall in love with this wounder.
ARIF

I divided my only red amaryllis bulb into 11 pieces in 2015. I have 4 growing to date. They are very slow in growing and there is only a show of green "skin". I keep the bulbs fairly dry and do not water too often as I am in Zone 11. I am just happy that the skins are green and they are growing but very slowly.