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Re: Now 48 pictures on Sans's page

Dear Supannee,

I've already overwhelmed you with my comments on the identities of the
plants on your website. Here are a few more.

On your mystery page, the first impression I have of the plant you show as
Sansevieria 'Giant' is that it might be Sans.aubrytiana. Note the
distinctive zig-zag banding. Sans.forskoaliana (formerly Sans.abyssinica)
has leaves that are roughened on both sides. The ultimate proof for
identifying the mystery species will come when the plants finally flower.
Sans.aubrytiana has an inflorescence more like that of Sans.kirkii.

The plant now circulating as Sans.dawei originally was originally offered
as Sans. aff. dawei (GC 79062) by Grigsby but along the line the "aff." has
been dropped. It looks nothing like the plant originally described and
illustrated as Sans.dawei from Uganda.

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On your succulents page, you may note that Gasteria verrucosa is now called
Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa.

The plant you show as Adromischus maculatus is actually Adromischus
trigynus. Many commercial dealers have been perpetuating this
misidentification. Many species in the genus have maculate leaves.

The plant shown as Pedilanthus bracteatus is actually a crested Pedilanthus
macrocarpus. Ped.bracteatus is a pubescent leafy species with green stems.

Trichodiadema bulbosum is the correct spelling for that species.

Euphorbia milii 'Pink Christmas' is correctly Euphorbia x lomi 'Pink
Christmas' It is a hybrid between E.milii X E.lophogona originating from
Thailand and may already have a cultivar name in Thai. I have referred to
them as Hydrangea flowered hybrids and the entire large flowered Thai
hybrids form a distinctive group of E.x lomi hybrids that can be called the
'Poysean Group' based on the Thai name for them. They now come in a wide
variety of forms and colors. Here are two links with more info on them.

http://aggie.kps.ku.ac.th/ag-ext/crnthorn/index1/index2.htm

http://wwwp.timenet.net/08074/plants/euph15.jpg

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We've beaten the topic of the status of the alleged dwarf form of
Sans.canaliculata to death in this forum. I don't want to reopen old wounds
by bringing it up again. If you go to the Mallorn archives and search all
the past years with key word "canaliculata", you will be able to relive the
whole debate.

http://www.mallorn.com/lists/sansevierias/search.cgi

Happy Holidays and a Joyous Y2K!

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: Re: [SANS] Now 48 pictures on Sans's page
•From: Supannee Webb
•Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 21:24:35 -0700
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      Hello Steve, Tom, Lone and all,

            Please except my gratitude to all for your kind
       visits to my Web pages.

         Steve,  as usual you are a few steps ahead of us. We have
      just updated the Cactus, Succulent and Mystery pages.
      If it is convenient please revisit. THANKS!

          Also, you seem to think that Sans. dawei is actually
      Sans forskaoliana. I have a Sans. labeled as Sans. Giant
      on the Mystery page that I think is a Sans. forskaoliana.
      I have never actually seen either of the Sans. Would you
      please tell me again what I should look for in order to
      tell them apart.

         Tom, Could you imaging my O>]]]]] face, when I found this
      unlabeled plant in the clearance center at the nursery and
      took the liberty of giving it its name. I seem to remember that
      this topic of Sans canaliculata have been discussed, maybe
      Steve could tell us more.

          Lone, when it is possible to do so, yes, I will continue
       to add more Sans. So, do not for get to revisit again OK-OK.

          My hubby and I are flatted by all your nice compliments.
       We are still trying to improve. Like the old saying
       "crawling before walking", that description seems to fit us now.

              Currently brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr outdoors under the sun.
                                 How could it be!!

                Annee       In the Valley of the Sun
                   USDA Zone 9    Glendale, Arizona
               http://www.users.uswest.net/~ankrara
                          Ankrara@EarthCorp.com
                              Ankrara@uswest.net
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