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Re: [SANS] S. canaliculata 'Dwarf'

At 05:45 PM 7/26/99 -0400, Juan Chahinian wrote:
>Hermine,
>for that matter there are scores of "dwarf"  ivies that, when planted in the
>ground, go mature and you have the use your exacto knife with the same
>dexterity.
>juan


There is or was in the Bronx, NY, an apartment house, a block long and
about oh, six stories high, totally covered in well-behaved ivy. when the
ivy reached the top it went into its mature form and began growing branched
massive logs up in the air! the building looked like a cartoon with this
upside down beard of tree-like irregular crap  growing out of it!

in some odd forms of conifers, the odd branch is called a witch's broom in
some places. it is either a start of a new plant form, or else a reversion,
and often cresting or size aberration is a part of the picture.

So I am not surprised that Sansevierias do this. No doubt if they were
grown in the numbers which common commercial house plants are grown, there
would be many more aberrations afoot.

I have seen the 'pumila' form of ivy here in California, suddenly push up o
monster stem with huge leaves.

herm
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