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Re: anybody seen this plant?

Dear Kirk,

Yes, I have seen the plant. Cuttings were distributed as Sansevieria
'Fumeri-Mozambique' a few years ago by the U.S. Botanical Gardens as
surplus plants a few years ago and a few members of the CSSA and NCCSS got
them. During a recent visit to USBG, I found out that their records for it
and other Sansevierias had been lost. I was able to find from whom they had
gotten this and their other Sansevierias and have been trying to locate
her. She lives in the DC area but is not a member of the local cactus
clubs.

Last year, the plant a CSSM member has in his collection flowered and it
keyed out exactly to Sanseviera metallica var. longituba N.E. Brown in
Brown's monograph. That was most amazing because Brown grew it at Kew from
plants received from the Paris Botanic Garden in 1906 did not know the wild
origin. I listed it under the latter name in my informal species list. It
would be nice to know where in Mozambique it originates and who collected
it. Plants that resemble the original Sansevieria metallica have been
reported from Natal in South Africa.

As far as I know, this plant is only in the collections of a few lucky
individuals. It is a very attractive plant but slow growing. The question
is if can it be propagated readily from leaf cuttings?

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: anybody seen this plant?
•From: Kirk Pamper
•Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:02:07 EDT
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Hi Gang,

I saw a plant at the U.S. Botanical Gardens conservatory in D.C. labeled
Sansevieria fungeri v. mozambique.  It resembled metallica.  Does anyone
know
what this is, or, if it is unique, where it might be obtained?

Thanks.
Kirk
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