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Leopard bat

Hi everybody,

Steve, some thoughts on 'Leopard Bat' .

The plant came form Manny Singer. He called it Sansevieria thyrsiflora.
When confronted Many said "If it isn't thyrsiflora, what is it then?". I
certainly did not have an answer and I don't think anybody else did. So
Manny, correctly so, did not change the name.
Because it is definitely not thyrsiflora, we, the small group of collectors
at that time, agreed to call it 'Mannys thrysiflora'.  And so it appeared on
collectors' lists.

Grigsby then sold it as S. singularis x trifasciata (or deserti, can't
remember), possibly because of the markings vaguely resembling S. fischeri
(correct name for singularis). One time  I was there and noticed the name and
read it aloud. He (Grigsby) then said " There is no proof of this" and
removed the label.
Of course, once you start a name, it is difficult to stop, and obviously this
came down to Smoley, who sells plants with the names he gets them. He is an
extremely busy person and really has no time to investigate names.

The name 'Leopard Bat' came after and it appears to be a good cultivar name.
As far as I am concerned the plant is definitely a hybrid and if I have to
guess, one of the parents may be S. fischeri. Being a guess this should not
be taken as correct.

The plant shown in Hermine's book, page 23  bottom (left and right of the
photo) is actually 'Leopard Bat' and not S. stuckyi, as claimed. The error
may have come from John Bleck of Santa Barbara College, who owned the old
Abbey Garden in Carpinteria, CA.. He had this plant tagged as Sansevieria
stuckyi and, though I brought a piece of the real S. stuckyi, he would not
change the name.
What do you think, Hermine?

Cheers,

Juan
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