Correcting my ID for this plant acquired in 2013, as a single small rosette, here it is upon receipt with something already going on in terms of rhizome growth.
2016 current
2014 August
2015 August
Again, another species beginning as a small rosette, then adding a more open and longer leaved rosette, and most recently adding the latest form exhibiting the more elliptical leaf shape which inspires it's species name. The 3rd rosette dwarfing the previous 2. With this actual single plant in one pot and it's 3 rosettes, one can really appreciate the difficulty IDing plants, when subsequent maturing forms of even the exact same plant changes rather significantly.Sansevieria elliptica aka 'Horwood'
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Re: Sansevieria elliptica aka 'Horwood'
Very stunning pictures, i will at that to my wish list!!
I have a few common Sansevieria's but will be on the lookout for more
I have a few common Sansevieria's but will be on the lookout for more
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I think you have a great advantage when it comes to access to a wealth of variety and choices. Most of my more favorite plants all purchased on Ebay came from SE Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, etc) where it seems the best growers and nurseries for these plants reside. Additionally, these plants originate from Africa, south of the equator, so your seasons and climate are more similar to where they naturally evolved with no major need for adjustments as required for someone like me growing well north of the equator. I'm sure you could easily develop an awesome collection if it was your desire.
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Its tough here due to quarantine, i know a few people who would import plants from overseas, it was quite costly to do so for them, the plants would have to spend a long time in quarantine before being released, also recently it has changed making it even harder to do so, not sure what the recent outcome was whether importing has halted completely or not.
If i could jump on ebay and buy plants from oversea's my life would be complete!! there are so many awesome plants around and heaps cheaper!!
I guess i will have to drool over other peoples plants for moment!!
If i could jump on ebay and buy plants from oversea's my life would be complete!! there are so many awesome plants around and heaps cheaper!!
I guess i will have to drool over other peoples plants for moment!!
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Re: Sansevieria elliptica aka 'Horwood'
Hi there. I have recently seen two people who live in Missouri and Illinois who have this plant and it is tagged elliptica cv. Horwood x robusta. The nursery in St. Louis had several. Same plant? I think the nursery is called Drummond’s and is very old and reputable. Brooks
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Same as yours???
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Re: Sansevieria elliptica aka 'Horwood'
That one is purported to be a hybrid between Horwood and robusta. Mine is supposed to be Horwood.
Here's my original plant and propagates less the one that grew out the center drain hole which broke off and was rooted. This one receives strong light, which could possibly explain the bleached color look.
I'm not claiming mine is Horwood, just that it's the name represented when I bought it from a Thailand Ebay vendor in 2013.
This is another that features a small rosette in it's immature form, and long elliptical leaves when more mature.
The Chahinian book shows a side view of one with the long leaves, and is not a photo which clearly shows much detail.
In comparing yours with mine, they look similar yet different to me. Curious is that the hybrid doesn't seem to represent characteristics indicative of robusta. I have no idea if that calls into question the purported parent species, or if this is a case where one form (the Horwood look) is clearly dominant over the other. An example I can think of with my hybridizing of aloe, haworthia, and gasteria is several hybrids I have now created involving Gasteria rawlinsonii, whether seed or pollen parent, and hybridized with other gasteria, or aloe clearly feature the basic rawlinsonii form, indicating the dominance of it's characteristics. Regardless of the other parent, the seedlings all look basically much the same with nuanced differences, although sufficiently different enough from rawlinsonii itself to eliminate the possibility that selfing occurred.
How do they look to you in comparison to each other?
Here's my original plant and propagates less the one that grew out the center drain hole which broke off and was rooted. This one receives strong light, which could possibly explain the bleached color look.
I'm not claiming mine is Horwood, just that it's the name represented when I bought it from a Thailand Ebay vendor in 2013.
This is another that features a small rosette in it's immature form, and long elliptical leaves when more mature.
The Chahinian book shows a side view of one with the long leaves, and is not a photo which clearly shows much detail.
In comparing yours with mine, they look similar yet different to me. Curious is that the hybrid doesn't seem to represent characteristics indicative of robusta. I have no idea if that calls into question the purported parent species, or if this is a case where one form (the Horwood look) is clearly dominant over the other. An example I can think of with my hybridizing of aloe, haworthia, and gasteria is several hybrids I have now created involving Gasteria rawlinsonii, whether seed or pollen parent, and hybridized with other gasteria, or aloe clearly feature the basic rawlinsonii form, indicating the dominance of it's characteristics. Regardless of the other parent, the seedlings all look basically much the same with nuanced differences, although sufficiently different enough from rawlinsonii itself to eliminate the possibility that selfing occurred.
How do they look to you in comparison to each other?