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Re: Sans. grandis

Dear Jim,

Thanks for the reply but we still don't know what plant you are actually
growing under the obsolete name Sansevieria grandis. Could you describe it
for us? In what other ways is it distinctive? We would like to know what
you are alluding to.

Why does the fact that you got the plant from Robert Wagner (R.J. from the
movies?) mean that the plant must be correctly identified? That may be no
more than the name he received the plant under. Did he provide any further
documentation?

Of course I have experience growing them, that is not the question. There
is far more to the study of plants than simply growing them.

Several vigorous species such as Sans.hyacinthoides, Sans.aethiopica,
Sans.subspicata, Sans.parva, etc. produce elongate stolons that will poke
through drainage holes and even burst pots. That is why they need to be
repotted at least every two years. They also make good candidates for
growing in wire hanging baskets. Have you tried that?

I hope those in the other forum have been behaving themselves. We must be
civil!

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: Re: [SANS] Sans. grandis
•From: "James W. Waddick" <jim-jim@SWBELL.NET>
•Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 07:41:38 -0500
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Dear Steve;

I have grown both Mason Congo and S, grandis for many years with no
conflict regarding ID.

"Mason Congo' is much much larger than grandis. The comment about
growing up and out of its pot for grandis simply does not apply to Mason
Congo-When MS is too big it simply busts its pot out sideways.

All your comments about MC do apply to my plant of S. grandis. I
don't feel there is a problem of mis identity.

My plants came from Robert Wagner (of S.t. 'Wagner's Gold') and
that alone helps me to have confidence in the ID. I was more interested in
cultivation, growth, flowering etc.

As I stated earlier-the plants are distinctive in their own ways.

Do you grow both of these? Any experience?

Thanks  Jim W.

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