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SANSEVIERIAS OFFERED BY GRIGSBY'S 1999 ON-LINE CATALOG (part 1)

SANSEVIERIAS OFFERED BY GRIGSBY'S 1999 ON-LINE CATALOG
http://www.cactus-mall.com/grigsby/succulents.html

Grigsby's has their latest 1999 catalog on-line at the Cactus Mall. They
offer a wide selection of  unusual and interesting species. Unfortunately,
the majority of names they list the Sansevierias under are either obsolete
or incorrect. Fortunately, most of them are listed under the originally
collector's number or Grigsby's original aquisition to help clarify their
true identity. Here is the list as it appears with some personal notes
added.

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SANSEVIERIA

Very satisfying plant to grow. As a rule of thumb, if you can bend tip of
leaf easily it likes more shade. If tip is stiff, it likes more light.
Always looks better if not in full sun. Dormant from September to April or
May. Water well when growing about ¼ the amount when dormant. Great house
plant.

 Sans. cv. "BLACK SPORT" This Trifasciata cultivar has stiff textured
blackgreen leaves vertically "scratched" with very thin white lines. Young
12" plants.$10.00 => Sans. trifasciata 'Black Sport' (in Chahinian, The
Sansevieria Trifasciata Varieties 49 (1986))

Sans. CANALICULATA Dwarf GC78119 Half the size and neater than the full
sized form. From Madagascar. 10".$7.50

Sans. DESERTII GC83033 A stiff fan of channeled leaves with hard points. A
living sculpture. Nice 10"12" plants.$7.50 => Sans. pearsonii N.E. Brown

Sans. EILIANA n.n. (LAV 10178) Propagated from material collected by John
Lavranos at the top of Eil Pass, Somalia. This is the very slow growing,
short, stubby form. The small, round sausage shaped leaves are smoky
grey-green with lighter and darker stripes and crossbands. Full grown plant
is about 8" across with 3-4 leaves. Rare and different. 4-5" plants.$20.00
=> Sans. eilensis Chahinian (The Sansevieria Journal 4 (1): 9-11, 3 figs.
(1995))

Sans. "GRAY LADY" GC81032 Lovely gray color, banded gray in the
center.$6.00
=> Sans. trifasciata 'Gray Lady' (in Chahinian, The Sansevieria Trifasciata
Varieties 33 (1986))

Sans. HAHNI "Golden hahni" GC78117 Wide gold margins with darker centers.
Very beautiful and popular. 6-8" leaf spread. $4.50 => Sans. trifasciata
'Golden Hahnii' (in Chahinian, The Sansevieria Trifasciata Varieties 74
(1986))

Sans. HAHNI "Streaker" Handsome dark green leaves with broad white strip
down center. Apx. 6" leaf spread. $4.00 => Sans. trifasciata 'Hahnii
Streaker' (in Chahinian, The Sansevieria Trifasciata Varieties 85 (1986))

Sans. HORWOODII (FKH 424) Described in the C&S Journal. Beautiful mottled,
thick, heavy leaves. Nice plants, 6"+.$8.00  => Sans. elliptica 'Horwood'
(Sans. horwoodii is not a validly published name. Was named as a cultivar
Sans.'Horwood' in Cact. & Succ. Journ., Amer. 60 (6): 251, fig. (1988) not
as a species).
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