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Re: [SANS] fischeri and epiphytes

At 09:04 PM 6/16/99 +0100, John Gamesby wrote:
>My Sansevieria fischeri started to go vertical at about five inches
>and after a year of vertical growth is now about 8" .


I think in the wild, allowed to form a great colony, they may attain
heights of twelve feet.

in re: epiphytes. many desert plants do fabulously well grown in moss lined
baskets. you can grow certain Haworthias like this, and they will put out
children from every side of the basket. I think this is because THEY CAN.
also the basket can be dried out nicely. I have grown smaller Sansevierias
this way. because I COULD and it looked good.  whereas many true epiphytes
may be grown in clay pots. I understand this is typical of Paph orchids in
England to be grown in pots.

Sansevieria ARBORESCENS is the closest name to arborea, and it is not a
plant which, design wise, would lend itself to  being grown as an epiphyte.

Perhaps those Sansevierias which "walk" by means of a long stolon and a pup
at the end, with stilt roots, are being perceived as epiphytic by some.



hermine


>In succulents and their cultivation by Margaret J. Martin & Peter R.
>Chapman they mention a Sansevieria arborea and quote "
>S.arborea is an epiphytic plant with a creeping rhizome and long
>pointed leaves, and should be of interest to growers who collect
>epiphytes. It presumably needs damper conditions than the other
>species".
>Possibly they are on about Sansevieria arborescens though I doubt
>it surely no one would think to grow this as an epiphyte.
>Now I have never come across a Sansevieria arborea nor have I
>come across it in a catalogue. Has anyone else heard of this plant
>on any idea what it might be.
>
>Latha math an-Drasda  John
>
>            "Duine e an bruadair an Leumadair"
>
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