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Re: SANSEVIERIA SURVEY

In a message dated 8/8/99 9:21:01 AM Central Daylight Time,
CEREOID@PRODIGY.NET writes:

<< 1. The easiest to grow.

Plain old trifasciata, parva, dooneri, the dwarf spoon leaf forms, Bally
12681, kirkii var. pulchra, senegambica, grandicuspis

 2. The most difficult to grow.

any of the highly variegated cultivars of trifasciata and t. hahnii

 3. The quickest growing.

ordinary trif. hahnii, spoon leaf (concinna?), subspicata, grandicuspis,
senegambica

 4. The slowest growing.

pinguicula, eilensis

 5. The easiest to propagate from leaf cuttings.

haven't really tried many, but francisii and 'Malawi" seem pretty easy.  I
don't take cuttings very often because I don't have enough room as it is!

 6. The most difficult to propagate from leaf cuttings.

at present, I'm still waiting more than a year for perrotii and rorida
variegata to show pups

 7. The most unusual way you have grown them.

hanging baskets, or just left to grow in the gravel on the greenhouse floor

 8. Your favorite soil mix.

Usually something rather gritty, especially for the more succulent varieties,
incorporating perlite, pumice, and/or gravel.  Depends on what I've got on
hand.  More water-retentive mix for flat, soft leaved varieties.

 9. Any plant that requires an unusual soil mix or specialized care.

The highly variegated cultivars of trifasciata and t. hahnii need well
draining soil and additional warmth and sunlight.  I've lost several due to
being too cold and damp in the winter.  Now they come into my house where I
can keep them warmer and keep a closer eye on them.

 10. The most neglect tolerant of all.

desertii, ehrenbergii, pinguicula, singularis, canaliculata, bacularis

 11. Any problems or observations you may want to comment on.

I sometimes get random necrotic spots or edges on the leaves and can't ever
figure out where they come from. This is especially true of a broad leafed,
unmarked bright glossy apple green variety I bought as "aff. dawei".  More
warmth seems to help. Can't keep "rust" off of 'Manolyn'.  Problems with leaf
tip die-back on erythreae (schweinfurthii).
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