Re: [Sansevierias] My poor husbandry

At 03:30 AM 10/19/2013, you wrote:
>
>
>This has happened to me on a few occasions though not that often 
>surprising for where I live. I have found that anything from Somalia 
>needs heat all year round, minimum temps 68F. This goes for the 
>Indian ones as well.



HEAR! HEAR!

>The rest from the West to the South of Africa can be split into two 
>groups round leaf cylindrica types and flat leaf hyacinthoides 
>types. The round leaf can take fairly low temps but the flat leaf 
>need it about 5 deg F warmer. I have a scabrifolia that has had 
>frost on it although badly marked it survived, I do not recommend 
>this though. Winter temps generally should be not less than 60deg.F. 
>But keep your Somalis warm.


I have had some TOUGH LOOKING cylindrical leaved plants display 
horrid mush which turned to scabby stuff by spring, after ONE NIGHT 
of maybe it got down to 48 degrees and when I took it inside the next 
morning it looked fine, and gradually only did it develop a mushy 
spot which scabbed over. I was glad it did not croak.

hermine 



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