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Re: [SANS] stunting Sansevierias

Hi Jon,

Ed Eby named a plant that he found at Koko Crater: Sansevieria sp. 'Alva', as
you well know, after his wife Alva Eby, because it was the only plant that
was not plotted on the map he was able to obtain of the plantings there. In
fact, he found it below the road, rather than above. It is definitely not a
species and has the characteristics of a hybrid.
It is not S. trifasciata x deserti 'Fla. H-13', as this one was on the map
and was found.
'Alva' has wider shorter leaves.  Also, it does not have the same markings as
'H-13', that someone called '"screen door".

Sansevieria trifasciata 'Hahnii', definitely not a caraphyll, is a sport that
flowers. A complete plant on its own. It attempts to get larger by producing
"futura-like" sized plants. The other sport, S.t. 'Okeechobee', definitely
produces larger forms.

I can see by the comments that many members are making, not you Jon, that
they are not quite familiar with the dwarf forms of sansevieria, confusing
willfully stunting in a crowded pot (bonsai effect) with a spontaneous sport
(excuse my pleonasm).
As far as it being a neoteny, I am not qualified to assure that.

Your theory about the many plantings is good but not possible due to:
a) there were about one hundred plants in the barrel. Where would have
Grigsby         obtained 100 cuttings? S. canaliculata (large) grows hardly
two leaves per plant.
        He would have needed to destroy 50 plants. For what? How could he
know the        results?
b) all the plants would produce dwarves?  As I indicated,  brought back two
cuttings        and none of them did.

Cheers,

Juan
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