Re: [Sansevierias] S. 'Socotra' - a Glasshouse invention?

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>Jude Listen to DA MAN!


Mike is not known for saying bad things about people and stuff.

hermine

>Judging some of these plants using pictures is very risky business 
>as you know. My opinion of the subspicata you have pictured here is 
>that it very well could be subspicata. One of the characteristics of 
>this species is that it has a subulate tip which means it has a bit 
>of a "curl" at the very tip - like some people can curl their 
>tongue. For example, S. parva has a subulate leaf tip. Subspicata 
>has a very tiny curl... but its there!
>    Other characteristics of subspicata are that it has petiolate 
> leaves which might not all look like carbon copies as to shape. The 
> smooth leaf surface is said to feel like "ground glass". The 
> darkness of the leaves in your picture mask the typical green/gray 
> stripes of sansevierias, but I think this might be just a lack of light.
>    Jude, even if Glasshouse does have the correct longiflora in 
> their picture, I would not trust them to send the right plant.



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