Akrrm a little harder than some (in winter) but not as hard as some of the extreme variegates like Golden hahni or 'Forescate"

woodnative what tips do you have on keeping Golden Hahnii happy?

I've also only watered them maybe...4 or 5 times? I think that's the secret. I've had them since June or July. Lol

have I really only watered them that few times? Wow...but they are growing like crazy so I don't want to break what ain't already broke.

disclaimer: I could totally be remembering wrong on the watering thing, it's not like i write it down on a calendar or anything lol.

Sorry about the poor photo quality. This one thrives on neglect. This is the second time it's flowered.

very nice thank you for sharing! S. Trifasciata is a nice and sturdy house plant and yours looks well tended.

Beautiful.

Thanks!

super Kool!

Sans I think Golden Hahni does fine as long as it is kept WARM! If kept warm and with adequate light they will keep growing and can even take a fair amount of moisture. When you buy them in the BBB you see they are often in a very peaty soil mixture. This is ok if they are mass produced in greenhouses somewhere warm! Of course you and I and Stush (and others here) have the problem here in the north of dark, cool winters. If you can keep them in a spot that is lighted and warm (bottom heat even better) and kept watered they will grow. I think they are beautiful but don't have the space to spare with that extra treatment. Most of my Sans are still outside in the rain (after a DRY summer). I did bringin my variegated masonianas as I don't want them to blemish badly and other have to come in soon.

Raining hard and only 50f. Time to bring this Bantel's Sensation' inside hopefully it will be ok.

Widest leaf on bs

Futura striated pup

Dear Stush,

I must thank you. My hot hands are on the hahni. I almost forgot how much I like them! Been working to get everything inside for the winter, temps have dropped dramatically over the last few days.

Woodnative....wow, a beautiful silver hahni!

k

Very nice plants!

Woodnative, good for you for bringing in your BS. I had one years ago and killed it twice. Yours is very nice. I left my sans out too long last year and my favorite plant got frost damage on the new growth even though it was 40 degrees. I brought mine in a couple of weeks ago.

My mother gave me some aloe when she moved and we put them in our greenhouse last night until I can find room for them inside. Miserable weather we're having in NJ today.

I don't even put my Bantel's outside any more. They don't like getting wet even in July

All these guys don't seem to mind daily rain when they are outside in July..........quite the opposite of when things cool down!

Woodnative,

How tall does your Bantel's Sensation grows? Mine is over two years now and stays around 2 feet. I though they grew to 3 or 4 feet. I do hope mine stays growing at that level. Little room for the bigger ones. I do love that new hybrid that laticauda just picked up as a throw a way. I wonder if that's the one that grows to 6 or 7 feet?

Stush

Stush- not sure exactly but you can see a standard water bottle Arita base for comparison.

That's supposed to be the one. I saw these, they are definitely taller than I am. [She took what she wanted and threw away the rest, a great idea to keep your plant numbers down....whereas I have over a dozen (maybe two dozen) Aloe vera and Haworthia cuspidata (closest thing I could find even though it may or may not even exist.)]

Just watered the Sans today. Well...not one of them. The senegambica veriegated got wet peat stuff down inside the growth point, so I tried to dig it out with my fingers but a lot of it was below the substrate line so I wound up pulling the whole thing out, quite by accident. But by happy accident! I found it to be growing a pup under there!

I needed to repot it anyway because it was so awkward that it's just been laying over the side while it took root. Saw fresh root growth even though I haven't watered them in some time. I should mark it on a calendar but that may mess up my plants senses if I get caught up on "a schedule". Winter coming, that would be stupid.

anyway. If you look real close: you can see the white pup coming up, I replanted it, setting the whole thing upright.

you have to click on the photo to see the whole spread.

Please pardon my lopsided gold flame....it had an unfortunate accident at the last watering. OH!

Laticauda, what kind of gravel are you using?

That is crushed granite grit I bought at the feed store. Two 25-pound bags cost about 16 bux on sale. But it's the name brand stuff and they don't carry anything else. A woman near me owns a green house and she gets a small sized pea gravel (same size as my granite grit) from landscaping places. I'm going to have to try that out when I run out of this.

I just added the top dressing to my Sans yesterday when I did the watering. I was tired of all my perlite and bark pieces floating away! I hypothesize that it will help keep the leaves/base/rosette dryer after watering as well as keeping the plants anchored.

I did knock over the dwarf jade after filling it with gravel.....in my shower floor......so....user beware, it's not "if" but "when" you knock something over. But that's true with plants that don't have top dressing too! For me at least, anyone else?

I was reading Hermine Stover's book and she said to use a pebble mulch, great for holding up newly potted plants, keeps wet soil away from the collar of the plant and protects the lower leaves, especially good for variegated sans. Also lets the water flow evenly through the soil.

I might have to do that for mine.

Yeah, I only put the roots themselves in the potting medium and cover the rest with the grit. Be careful though! I have a larger sized pea gravel and it works okay, but it is VERY easy to mistakingly overwater, the lager pea gravel kept it wetter much longer than the small stuff.

okay, so...I could write a book lol.

WN, for some reason, that streaker is always hiding behind some other plant in every picture. Has to be because it's so small, it winds up front and other plants use the light above it (the light comes from the side, a CFL).

I too started to use chicken grit (crushed granite) for my soil mix. Some plants is 50%. I purchased a 10lb. bag for $4.50. Next time I came in, asked how much for a 50 lb. bag. It was $8.49. What a difference.

Huge difference, Stush, for sure!

my place doesn't carry the 50 pound bags! It's a little disappointing. But it will hopefully motivate me to call landscaping places to find a better price and maybe even better grit. But this (Manna Pro crushed granite grit) is at least partially rinsed; more than the stuff from the landscaping place, you'd have to sift that.

Just wanted to post a picture update of my Whitney cuttings. Aug. 24, 2015

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Did they revert or still don't know?

Yes, they having banding on the back.

So Kool !!!

Might get what's called a 'Black Robusta'.

I just repotted my favorite sans and found this tiny guy.

Today I received two sans that I love from a very nice sans enabler, thanks so much Stush!

Eve, very pretty.

Super cute!!

I like the look of that 'Eve'. I saw one at the store and was not crazy over it but that looks nice. Should be a good grower, 'Whitney' certainly is!! 'Silver laurenti' is an absolute BEAUTY when well grown! I don't have the one anymore.......space limitations again.....but that one is very very nice and worth growing! Stush is a good man!

I had never seen Eve or Silver Laurentii in person, both very beautiful. I can't wait until the SL fills a pot.

Eve has a really cool stripe on the back of the center leaf.

Yes, Stush is a good man for sharing, I really appreciate the plants.

My husband asked me this morning if I was plant crazy now and I said yes. I guess he didn't remember how many plants I had in our apartment in 1978. Lol

Your san looks wonderful akrrm

Here is my S. trifasciata 'Whitney' putting up a pup in a vivarium along with some creeping fig, a couple of Tradescantias, and a crested gecko. There's another pup behind the mother plant, right up against the cork bark background.

Very nice!!

My Whitney pups today.

Do any of the pups show the banded stripe down the sides? I can't tell from the pic.

No stripes down the sides like Whitney. The front of the leaves are green and the backs are banded.

That's interesting. I haven't seen any sans like that. You got something different!

Yes, S. YogurtAkrrm. Very unusual! :)

Barbmock, really? Won't they change as they get larger?

Floorwalker that is too funny, lol.

Just have to wait and see.

If memory serves, Whitney cuttings revert to plain.

Is this hahnii solid gold?

Sure is. And I have been looking for it since seeing it by Mike Phillips in England.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10449510@N05/albums/72157601287462789/with/1042726642/

Thanks for sharing that link Stush. It looks like one of his is growing from hahnii streaker.