Thank you much..Russ.

I've been growing inside & outside for 35 yrs. or so..by no means an expert but I have knowledge....Haven't watered it since planting it. My watering goes way down in the winter. Especially since my house is on the cool/cold side.

Thanks again, you are a wise one.

Hello Debra, welcome, Russ is a very wise man. He has helped lots of us here. We also have some very good knowable people here who can help out on almost any issue.

Some reason, I could not grow this one. Try as I might, seems a year later, it died for me. One day at Lowes, I purchased 4 pots full with 5 to 6 in each pot for $4 each. I had a ton of them. Gave some away and remaining ones grew like weeds for me. Flowers at this time of year and sent many new sprouts up. I can't say why, but happy with them now.

Thank you Debra! You're on the right track in withholding water during the winter. Many sans are damaged from temps below 55 degrees, those are the very tropical ones. Wet and cold at the same time is very risky.

Stush, that's the most Bantel's Sensation I think I've ever seen in one pot. One leaf at center right has reverted to Black Sport, I have plants of Black Sport that developed over a few generations of offsets from Bantel's. The intermediate ones were strange, some leaves more like one, some more like the other, but eventually offsets became fully Black Sport with no indication of Bantel's. Interestingly, I've never seen a Black Sport go back toward Bantel's.

Chahinian says that Bantel's and Black Sport are the only sans in the trifasciata tribe that have a texture on the leaves, and concluded that they are related. So I guess he never saw Black Sport actually develop from Bantel's, but I have several examples of them plus intermediate forms.

Russ

Hi Stush...Beautiful Bantels....I see the one Russ is talking about..it's fascinating what plants are capable of. changing & reverting back. I have a variegated carnosa that has 3 green leaves that reverted back......well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed with this Bantels. I want to keep it thriving.

Thank you both..

p.s. My property is a certified Wildlife Federation Sanctuary & an Advanced Federation Bird Sanctuary.

Cool about your sanctuary status, Debra. Being kind to wildlife and nature is a good thing.

I also grow some hoyas and I see one of the many syngonium Allusion hybrids in your Bantel's pic. I have a large collection of aroids and I'm always interested in trades.

Keep us posted on progress with your Bantel's.

I'm partial to my Syngoniums like you are with your Ags.

Ok, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.

Russ, that 'Black Sport' sounds interesting. Strangely it still produces typical Bantal leaves in the middle new growth. I get those deeper mostly all green leaves sometimes. What do they revert to if leaf propagated?

Stush, the Black Sport leaves only produce trifasciata. I can probably find an extra if it's something you'd like to try, if so let me know next spring or summer. The occasional partial or full Black Sport leaf on Bantel's Sensation just shows that it's not a completely stable plant.

Russ

Thanks Russ, but I would rather have my own from my stock. Thanks for the offer and info.

No problem Stush.

Russ