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Redirected? (NOT)

It appears that Hermine has simply posted her response to both forums.
There have been a few  postings that have been made to both forums. My
mistake.

I've found that the archives for the Sanseveriasasahobby forum are now
available to viewing by the public. Here is the link to the archives for
your convenience.
http://www.onelist.com/arcindex.cgi?listname=sansevieriasashobby

The discussion there have been rather folksy and light weight but that's
the way they want it. Many questions and few answers. Those few answers
given have been anecdotal and vague without any real references cited but
that's the way they want it.

There have been noteworthy discussions on the origin of Sansevieria
trifasciata 'Forescate' and on  Sans.trifasciata "Rheingold' actually being
an invalid renaming of 'Craigii'. Nomenclatural problems have managed to
find their way into the forum after all.

They conveniently have forgotten the suggestion that The Sansevieria
Journal be made available was first made in this forum.

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Just between you and me, some of the answers for those unanswered questions
might be:

The cause of the extreme variation in Sansevieria trifasciata is indeed
genetic. Mutation is changes in the genetic material, be it nuclear or
cytoplasmic. There has been no documented detailed study of the mode of
inheritance in Sansevieria.  Variegates are chimeral in origin.

The extensive synonymy of Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce includes
Sans.guineensis (L.) Willdenow, Sans.thyrsiflora Thunberg, Sans.grandis
J.D. Hooker and Sans.angustifolia Lindberg as has been said several times
in this forum. There may be two reasons why plants grown under those names
are not identical.

   1. The species is widespread and variable. They may represent different
clones of different origin. Compare it with the variability in Sansevieria
trifasciata.

   2. The various plants grown under those names may be misidentified. You
shouldn't assume that all the plants you receive have been correctly named.
There is no recent revision of the genus and the one by N.E. Brown is
out-of-date and incomplete. Many new species have been described since
1915.

Sansevieria intermedia N.E. Brown is a renaming of Sans.volkensii Guerke,
another widespread and variable species, which also includes
Sans.humbertiana Guillaumin, Sans.polyrhitis (Chiovenda) Cufodontis and
probably also Sans.sordida N.E. Brown in its synonymy.

The Indian (and Sri Lankan) species with semi-cylindrical leaves is
Sansevieria ebracteata (Cavanilles) Suresh (in Nicholson, Suresh & Manilal,
Interpret. Van Rheede's Hort. Malab. 271 (1988)).

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It is nice to know that Diane, John, Norma and Tom now have a place where
they are happy.

Cereusly Steve
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