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FKH 424

Hi all, I haven't spoken up on this list for a long time but I seem to
have run into a dead end. I have this Sans. that I got from David
Grigsby years ago when he was still with us. The only way I know this
plant is FKH434 (Frank K. Horwood). Now I've entered that into the field
collection database and it comes up empty.
The leaves are from the tropical types. Sort of lanceolate/spoon shaped
with a very narrow petiole. It is rhizomatoic, 3-6 leaves per rhizome.
The closest I seen in photo is on page 36 of Hermine's book, described
as spoon-leaf plant from Socotra, accredited to John Lavranos.
Not an especially spectacular looking plant, but, by far the most
intensely scented Sans. I have ever smelt! It easily perfumes my 3000 sq
ft greenhouse! It smells like night blooming jasmine, so thick you
sense you can spoon it out of the air.
Anyone out there have any idea what this Sans. is? TIA...............

Aneita Richardson <Frichar103@AOL.COM>
> Dear Jeff;
> There is a Sansevieria horwoodii (FKH 424) pictured  in the Abbey Gardens
> Cactus and Succulent Catalog.  I am also growing it.  It's small and very
> slow growing.  I'm sort of a newbie to the more rare Sansevierias.  Maybe
> they got the number wrong?  Hmmm read your post again.  I don't think they
> are the same plant.  But there is a picture on page 24 in the 1995 catalog of
> my horwoodii.
> Aneita in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains, Calif.

Aneita, if you have seen this plant in flower you would know whence I
come . It is the most perfumed flower I've smelt of ANY PLANT
GROUP!!!!!!!!! It's a dead give away. I haven't the Abbey Gardens
catalogue, but I know the previous owners of Abbey Gardens have done biz
with David in the past, so it might be possible it's the same. Do you
have Hermine's book? It's look a like is on page 36 . Hermine and/or
Steve are you out there on this one?
--
Jeff in Calistoga,California,
At The Bulldog Cactus Ranch
Located at about 38.56°N 122.58°W.
Height about 112m / 367 feet above sea level.
40"(102cm) rain per annum, at least
USDA Zone 9a, feels like an 8a to me!

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out
and your dog would get in....Mark Twain.....
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