What’s wrong with my whale fin Sansevieria?
Alyse Cole
3 years ago
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Comments (14)When I get a bare rooted Sans, I generally pot it up within a day or so. I figure the trip across the country was hard enough already. I don't wet or water it before planting in a new mix, and I don't water it for several days after planting. If the roots are dry, I will generally dust with root hormone, plant in a mix of C/S soil, perlite (or pumice) and some chicken grit (unless it will make the pot too heavy for me to lift) and -- that's it's new home. Let it rest for 2-4 days before watering, or at least that is what I do. I never wet the mix before potting, and when I water, I water until I see it come out the drainage holes -- not pouring out, just showing that there has been enough watering into the mix. Be careful not to overthink this or fuss too much. Sans always seem to do better with a tiny bit of "neglect."...See MoreSansevieria Chat and Show and tell your story
Comments (299)Well those new plants from the Boncel leaf look like regular cylindrica pups, no stocky shaped leaves.. This tells me that Boncel could be nothing more than a chemically treated offset from birth and will grow out of the short, stocky habit over time and go back to it's natural shape. It would be interesting to hear from anyone that has an old, large Boncel as to what leaves look like after years of growth. My experience seeing pictures of begonias grown under lights is that colors are changed and much intensified vs the same species grown in strong natural sunlight. That might explain Stush's red colors in leaves of Coppertone, altho what I'm calling pink you might describe as red. I think the greens may have had a reddish tone, so this might be what you noticed. Regarding your low humidity in the tent, how big is it? I initially thought you have a small enclosure with a few plants in it, now I'm thinking you can walk into it. The desert type sans like your pinguicula and the one similar to Samurai or possibly sp. Lavranos 23251 won't appreciate higher humidity, but trifasciata types and parva might. If you haven't already, setting bowls or saucers of water among the plants should raise humidity levels. Dear Norma or whoever wrote about a 3 foot terminal spine may have meant 3 inches, which would still be a formidable spear. Chahinian says that leaves only grow to a foot long in maturity, and interestingly also says that the leaves go from sticking out in all directions in youth to being arranged in single file at maturity. For those technical folks, this is called a distichous form of growth. What are the 'other plants' in the tent that are doing so well? I don't get why the cilantro isn't growing like a weed in those conditions. Good old Houzz, I found that you can close the big spaces between paragraphs to a more reasonable space by submitting, clicking on Edit at the bottom, and clicking Submit again....See MoreMy whale fin is making babies!
Comments (13)Just got back from the HTG Supply here in Colorado. Very nice folks and all kinds of cool stuff. The Stump Tea 4oz is buy one get one free right now. They are currently not brewing (due to Covid) for the Tuesday giveway, so he just put a tablespoon of the powder in my jug for me for free. I bought some other goodies from them: hydroton (same prize as Amazon) and some net pots that I use for hoyas in leca. They gave me "new customer" 10% discount on everything. And they showed me around, toured their test plant area (huge Jade tree and hoya amongst other plants) and were super knowledgeable. Great experience. I will be back!...See MoreNew sansevieria Dawei
Comments (24)Hey Stush, I've seen the purple sheath on Sulcata too. Yes, dawei only produces 2 or 3 leaves per plant. So not exactly a pretty rosette but size and width of leaves are impressive, and it's very uncommon. Popmama, personally I think Siam Silver and Sayuri are just renamings of Manolyn. I've never grown Sayuri so I'm reluctant to say that but it looks exactly like Manolyn to me. The only difference between Manolyn and Siam Silver was the latter was touted as rust-free. I have it from two different sources and it gets rust just as bad as Manolyn, so I've concluded that some seller renamed Manolyn to sell it as something new. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Sayuri is supposed to be from Aubrytiana, which is hard to believe since it's identical to Manolyn, which is a metallica variety. I'd sure like someone to root a leaf cutting of Sayuri and see what comes up. I'm betting on metallica, not Aubrytiana. And that would settle the mystery....See MoreAlyse Cole
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