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Re: [SANS] Moonshine

Hi Hermine, Lowilla, etal,

Um, I hate to disagree but I am sure that we are talking about more than one
variety.  I have three silver trifasciata cultivars.  'Silver queen' is the
tall one with foliage the same shape and size as normal trifasciata.  As I
recall, it will come true from rooted leaves and not revert.  My 'silver
moon' came from Mobile Gardens in the late 70's and is the same as
'moonshine' with shorter wider leaves very similar in shape to 'futura'.
'Futura is the variety with short wide regular banded leaves with a narrow
gold edge.  The form of variegation on Sansevierias with just a narrow gold
edge is called a gild edge.  Rooted leaves of 'futura' will revert to a
variety with the same shape but with out the gilt edge.  I think this
variety is called 'Austrian hybrid'.  Of course, 'futura' and 'Austrian
hybrid' are not silver varieties but there is a third silver variety.  Again
I got it from Mobile Gardens, called 'silver princess'.  Oops I'm wrong.   I
just went and looked at my old plant, not repotted in a zillion years and
thankfully still labeled with its original Mobile gardens label.  It says
"silver star'.  But I did later acquire a variety called 'silver princess'
which looks pretty much like 'silver star'.  This variety is tall just like
trifaciata or silver queen but with much narrower silvery leaves.  I
remember at the time I bought these plants I bought another variety from
Mobile Gardens called 'silver platinum', which I lost years ago.  (I'm
getting a kick out of confusing you all!).  'Silver Platinum' probably was
the same as 'silver queen'; 'silver star' is the same as 'silver princess',
and 'silver moon' is the same as 'moonshine'!  So, either Mobile Gardens put
creative names on these varieties which are incorrect or someone else
renamed them later on!  Which names are truly the correct names I don't
know!

Now, to confuse you all , I also have a very pretty cultivar called 'silver
laurentii', which is just like old S. trifasciata 'laurentii' with its gold
margins but with silver centers, a little more yellow green' than the other
silver varieties.  So that would be the fourth silver trifasciata form.
Hmmm, then of course there are all those silver S. trifasciata hahnii forms.
Its nice that Mobile Gardens used such good labels that they are still
unbroken after all these years (18-20?).  So, Hermine,one day when
sansevierias finally get the attention they deserve I can just see my old
plant going up for auction at Southbys with the catalog description "a fine
old specimen still with its original label".

Jon Dixon
Woodside, California
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