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Re: SANSEVIERIAS OFFERED BY GRIGSBY'S 1999 ON-LINE CATALOG

----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen M Jankalski <CEREOID@PRODIGY.NET>

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

The above is pretty much what I follow though I tend to be  heavy with the
watering can.  It is difficult to keep from watering the Sans that are still
putting up new leaves.  Should I still be water the ones in growth?

> 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).

Just posted a picture of this one at
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=99711
The infloresence is really incredible.

Please check out the plant I have labled as S. rorida.  Does this one look
correct?

Keep Growing
Pete Liekkio
Seattle, Washington
pliekkio@connectexpress.com
www.conectexpress.com\~pliekkio
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