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Re: [SANS] cannaliculata dwarf

Hi there,

I am glad that after almost ten years, everybody agrees with me on 
Sansevieria canaliculata 'Dwarf'.

I saw an entire half barrel-full of this plant at Grigsby's more than ten 
years ago and Dave said: "This is one plant that I made sure of what it was 
before selling it". The plants were all small and pencil like and looked 
grass-like"
So the plant was sold as S.c.'Dwarf' from Madagascar.

I saw the original plant in the Madagascar Room of the Heidelberg Botanic 
Garden, twice. The plant was a full size plant!  Grigsby got this from 
Charlie Glasse's Abbey Garden, who in turn, got it from Heidelberg. So how 
could it be dwarf?

I brought from Heidelberg two cuttings and the resulting plants were NOT 
dwarf. In turn, I visited a lady in northern California, whose business was 
closing out. She was German, had a S. canaliculata, full size, and she told 
me she brought it from Heidelberg. Yet another proof that the Madagascan 
plant is not a dwarf. 
So what is the scoop?  Grigsby's honesty is out of questions, as proven by 
the barrel. Sansevierias, and other plants as well, can go into a more 
juvenile stage, until they decide to grow larger. This is obviously what 
happened.

I planted in my yard a Philodendron very popular here in Florida, with many 
leaves the size of a hand. It is always seen in containers but, alas, I 
planted it in the ground. Now I am getting leaves as big as Philodendron 
selloum. (and all this time you thought I did not know the difference between 
a Philodendron and a ¨Phyllostachys, Hermine...)

Cheers

Juan
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