Hi Linda Although it may not be a valid sub-species... C. tigris schilderiana is said to be a variety which grows to a very large size but distinguishes itself by becoming quite bulbous in form, over large specimens of C. tigris found from other parts of the Indo-nonspecific. Leslie > Hello! > > I believe I have touched on this subject before, but it has resurfaced because of the collection the club bought. > > Question: Is there any way of telling a schilderiana from just a big regular tigris other than absolute confirmation that it came from Hawaii. We have one in the collection; it is labelled from Hawaii, but we have found the data in this collection to be somewhat sparse and sometimes confusing. > > Thanks, > Linda >