Sum Sans
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I was trying to rearrange my Sans to get all my favorites organized on one shelf, but alas, there's just too many. Anyway, here's a shot of some squeezed in together. Sadly, most of them seem to have some odd disease with varying yellow stripes up and down the leaves...so strange. Anyway, made it through another winter and only lost one this time around (second try and fail with Sansevieria rorida - grrr); the survivors looking fairly good. My favorites appear to be any that don't have trifasciata in their name.
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Looking good Tom! I have killed most of mine, including my splendid kirkii pulchra. Jkw
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Thanks Winston. Sorry to hear about your losses. Of all the succulents I keep, I would say that I find the Sansevierias the most difficult. First, I have to completely resist the temptation to water them in the cooler winter months. They will not tolerate extended dampness. When it's hot, I can water them every day, and they thrive. In fact, insufficient water when they want it causes even thick somewhat cylindrical leaves (halli) to amazingly fold up closed, much like the Prayer Plant does at night. However, a single watering in winter, even after the pot being dry for more than a month, can mean nearly inevitable disaster. Also, in spite of some success by others with cold tolerance, my experience is they absolutely do not like cold, so I do all I can to keep temps from falling much below 50F in winter. So far, I'm reasonably happy with my methods and results keeping them alive between growing seasons.
Here's a few more pics recently taken, as I'm seeing them looking better and better with summer on our doorstep.
Here, you can compare the Pink Bat's (rear) current condition with the first photo in the original post and note how in roughly 3 weeks time, the leaves went from nearly completely folded closed to much more open. In the pot where Silver Bat and a Variegated share quarters, note the stark contrast between the Silver Bat's extreme guttered appearance compared to the more flat and open Variegated. In time, with more regular watering, I would expect Silver Bat's leaves to open up a great deal more. Also, look up 4 photos to the shot merely 9 days ago, and see how Silver Bat's leaves were so closed as to be almost touching outer edges together, and the progress now. It doesn't fail to amaze me how "plastic" they can be in spite of how thick these leaves are.
Here's a few more pics recently taken, as I'm seeing them looking better and better with summer on our doorstep.
Here, you can compare the Pink Bat's (rear) current condition with the first photo in the original post and note how in roughly 3 weeks time, the leaves went from nearly completely folded closed to much more open. In the pot where Silver Bat and a Variegated share quarters, note the stark contrast between the Silver Bat's extreme guttered appearance compared to the more flat and open Variegated. In time, with more regular watering, I would expect Silver Bat's leaves to open up a great deal more. Also, look up 4 photos to the shot merely 9 days ago, and see how Silver Bat's leaves were so closed as to be almost touching outer edges together, and the progress now. It doesn't fail to amaze me how "plastic" they can be in spite of how thick these leaves are.
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Thanks for the photos. Absolutely gorgeous Tom, and I love the way they are organised and labelled. That is always a big problem for me as I have other things to keep me busy. My story is about S kirkii pulchra coppertone. I had about a dozen plants, and |I made the mistake of leaving them in the greenhouse at the start of winter. Suddenly realising the falling temperature, I rushed out during the night, and collected them all. But to no avail, even though they looked fine at the time, about two weeks later they began to rot. I lost ten plants within a week. Only one plant remains of the group, and I have stopped collecting. The only other Sans I have a few cylindrica var patula, which seemed to be much more hardy than the rest. Jkw