Help IDing a Sansevieria (S. grandis or masoniana?)
Dan
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Does S. 'Congo' = S. 'Mason's Congo' = S. masoniana?
Comments (11)Thanks everyone for the input. It sounds like the consensus is the S. masoniana is the correct species name, but that whether S. 'Congo' = S. 'Mason's Congo' is unclear, as is the issue of whether this is one of the very large growing varieties/clones. Someone please correct me if I got any of this wrong. Obviously it needed a new pot. I'm not sure if this was wise or not, but I gave it nine new pots. I should have paid more attention during the process as to exactly how many plants it appeared to be. It was clearly more than one plant, put together in the pot. That is what I expected. I assume the rhizome piece (lower left) might eventually form a new plant. This has been lying dry for a couple days. I'll add soil and follow its progress as well. I'm essentially going to leave these alone for a few months and see what happens. I gave a couple larger pots, but I don't have room for a lot of big pots. I haven't watered them yet, and I assume I should approach watering cautiously, particularly while it's cool. My growing area is highly protected and so far is frost-free, even during the freezes which hit California in January. Based on very limited local damage it's clear that I'm actually in zone 10, probably 10a. I'm fairly near the Bay and also at the base of the hills, which creates an interesting microclimate. So I'm going to keep the plants outside, once the current period of 50s/30s passes. It should be mostly 60s/70s and 40s at night for the next couple months, warming up mostly to the 70s/50s in the summer. I assume this is a favorable climate for these guys. Half of my small growing area is rain protected, and I'll put them there. It might be fun to stick one in the ground, but my space is limited (and it's probably not wise to do that while it's still the rainy season)....See MoreUnknow Sansevieria could use an ID
Comments (21)Hmmm interesting! I do think we might have a match here. On my plant the oldest leafs don't have pointed tips but the rest of the leafs have. On each new growth the oldest leafs don't have the tips, the rest have. As far as I can tell from the picture it's the case here too. It seems that my plant is less compact, the leafs on the oldest (mature?) growth grow a bit more outward. I'm going to visit some garden centers here, good chance I might find Fernwood labeled pots here too then. When I can see them with my own eyes I'm sure I can tell if it's the same plant or not. Thanks for the picture! I really appreciate the fact that you thought of this thread while shopping! :-) Nicole...See MoreFather(s) of Sansevieria
Comments (19)Just because you wrote a book on the subject, doesn't make it your claim to fame. While Ed Eby may not have written any books on the subject, they are the true founders of sansevieria as for collecting them. You can look up so many of the Koko, EB, Alva, and so many codes that were in existence before Grigsby or Hermione came upon this. Hermione has never collected much of the plant materials that she gives herself credit for. Many of these plants were in the hands of these collectors well before Hermione ever knew about them. I think the rest of you need to bush up on your history lessons as you don't really have facts, just CONCLUSIONS from what you have read. Juan Chahinian is the first person who actively grouped, and collected the laurentii group and documented this. Before this it was just word of mouth of what was what. You don't see any Grigsby's codes or numbers in any of these collectors, because they originated from Hawai'i and codes and numbers changed after coming into the hands of other collectors. Ed Eby had the largest collection of sansevierias amassed into one collection. His plants originated from Africa and before that, not in any collection worldwide. Just because something has been named, documented and labeled doesn't automatically make them being grown in botanical gardens. Back then you had to be a rare flower or some rare plant to be named after for a botanic garden to house it in its limited space conservatory. Get your facts straight, not everything was in botanic gardens even back when it was described. get real!...See MoreSansevieria splendens (?) - ID help
Comments (4)Well, the bad news is there is no such species as splendens. The better news is I bought one called splendens when I first started collecting and it looks much like that. The worst news is I still don't know what it is. The better news is it is very hardy and prolific. That's me being trying to be funny, but truthful. My best guess is subspicata. Are the leaves smooth or a little rough?...See MoreRuss1023 (central Fla)
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