Tropicals & Tender Perennials: EE questions, 0 by Paintedlady

Paintedlady wrote:
A friend of mine gave me two EE's and of course it ended up in another addiction.
I have Black Magic and it is sending out long runners with babies that turned out to be easy to cut off and root, one month after I got the plant I already have 6 babies in pots and could do more, amazing!
The main plant also seems to be splitting into four. Is that a correct observation? Does it have something like a bulb under ground?

I also have Illustris and it is not sending out runners, but there are about 10 babies growing around the main plant, see photo. Can I dig some of these up without hurting the big plant?
More questions in a minute.