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Re: Sans.grandis rosea

At 07:09 PM 11/25/99 -0500, Stephen M Jankalski wrote:
>Dear Hermine,
>
>The whole Sans.trifasciata 'Lilian True" verses 'Slipped Stripes'
>controversy has been discussed in this forum in detail already. As
>interesting as it is, it doesn't answer Toms original question.


EXCUUUUUUUZE ME


>What Tom was asking is: what is the true identity of "Sansevieria grandis
>var. rosea"? That appears to be something completely different from the
>variegated cultivar Sans.trifasciata 'Lilian True'.


Indeed, it is that!


>Here is the documentation Norma Lewis gave for "Sansevieria grandis var.
>rosea":
>
>Sansevieria sp. HBG #61019 ex Lilian True ex UCBG ex Werner Rauh (cf. Sans.
>grandis var. rosea hort.)
>
>Here is my interpretation of what it all means: the Huntington received it
>from Lilian True, who received it from the University of California
>Botanical Garden, who in turn received it from Werner Rauh in Heidelberg,
>Germany.


well, i gave some of it to Lilian  True, in the course of our trading.

a flattish rosette of dark green leaves, with ruffled edges bearing a dried
red edge, seems to remain in an infantile state for a long time. came to me
from Ruth Crane.

hermine
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