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Look what I found at the local nursery today!

6 years ago

I almost passed out when I saw the size of these plants!!! I think the one is S. aubrytiana and the second is definitely S. t. 'Tenzan'. The aubrytiana had flowered and was still sweetly fragrant. It was in a 16" huge pot and the leaf tips stood as tall as me! 5'1"! The Tenzan was only a little smaller at maybe 4'6".

For a mere $99.99, these could be yours! Of course, you would need two people to move them because I could barely slide the aubrytiana out of the way to photograph the Tenzan!

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barbmock

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

It's so much fun to find a beautiful speciman plant like these two.

i have a big plant that I rescued a couple of years ago in a 4 inch pot, now it's in a 12 inch pot! I think it may be aubryriana. It was labeled Jaboa, I think, or maybe hybrid Ayo. Both commercial names, most likely. Anyway, I took a picture, tell me if you think it's the same as in your pictures. I will probably divide it up next year, since it's getting too heavy for me to lift. Maybe you would like some?

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Mary978
6 years ago
Great find! Can't find anything great like that out my way...!
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Hey You did it..LOL Very cool! Great Job! If you would like to try a clickable link..and have Photobucket .. place a check in the box next to the photo you wish to choose... scrool down to the bottom.. on the far right hand side you will see a "generate HTML" click on it.. on the next page copy the first choice and paste it in the body of your message @ GW.. You should be good to go.. Congrats on your great find.. I wish they had plant sales out here!!! Kylie
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vitorama
Original Author
6 years ago
Look at that baby! 4" pot? Ha! It is beautiful, Barb. I read that you can tell aubrytiana by its "zig zag" mottling, so I could kind of see that on the specimens I saw. Do you think you could take a closer pic of this plant, Barb? It's hard to tell with the lighting. Also, the growth habit does look different than the very upright plant I saw.

Last year Katrina posted a picture of a plant she bought as Joboa, or at least I remember it that way. There was a whole discussion about Jaboa vs. aubrytiana vs. Ayo. You may remember it? If I recall correctly, our resident experts agreed they were all the same plant. But seeing yours makes me think otherwise. Hmmmmm....

And if ever divide it, I would love a piece! Thank you for the offer. Perhaps we can trade plants. I may have something you can't live without as well. Lol. Thanks Barb!
Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
6 years ago
I think growing condition make most of the differences. I bet those big plants you found were grown overseas or in a hot humid green house. I suspect that a lot of Florida nurseries import their plants and resell them with us thinking they were grown here in the US. I saw adds for whole sale sans at fantastic prices from over seas. Only you have to order a hundred of them at a time.
barbmock
6 years ago
I'll try to take another picture tomorrow. Here are links to those discussions. I was surprised that I got my plant in May, 2016. The fastest growing sans ever. That sad looking little plant is the big one only a little over ayear later.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2145643/pics-of-sans?n=5
http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3918510/hybridayo?n=30
barbmock
6 years ago
I got a couple of closeups with some sun on them. I agree, my plant is more spread out and your photos show a more upright habit, but as Stush said, growing conditions make a big difference. I lived in Fla for several years, and plants down there were awesome.
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vitorama
Original Author
6 years ago
Barb, I still think your plant is different but beautiful nontheless. Thank you for posting the links. It was an interesting reread.
barbmock
6 years ago
I'll be sure to send you some in the spring. A trade would be fun too.

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