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Your phrase, "strange yellow leaf dwarf by masoniana standards" suggests to me a smallish leaf that is mostly yellow but with thin, green margins. Such a leaf is inherently 'weak' especially if it is not attached to a rhizome with more green tissue (i.e. has more chlorophyll). Even if it is attached to a stronger leaf, a mostly yellow leaf is more susceptible to bruising, cold snaps, and infections.
I have pictured here a weak masoniana leaf I have that was left out in the cold a year or so ago. Notice the ugly brown spots which will never recover. I kept this leaf because it had a rhizome bud. The bud developed into a reasonably nice looking variegated leaf which will now be able to stand on its own. The moral of the story is to treat highly variegated leaves with extra care, and if they become unsightly, maybe they can still be used as "breeders".
M.
----- Original Message -----From: e-mail newearth [email protected] [Sansevierias] <[email protected]>To: sansevierias <[email protected]>Sent: Tue, 27 May 2014 22:23:03 -0000 (UTC)Subject: Re: [Sansevierias] S. masoniana varieations
Many years ago I bought a variegated Sansevieria 'Masons Congo' over the years it has reverted back then last year put out a strange yellow leaf with green edge it is also dwarf by masoniana standards. I almost lost the plant three years ago but managed to keep it going. At the moment it is hiding in my jungle of Sansevierias If I can dig it out I will take a picture tomorrow.
On 27 May 2014 22:59, Hermine Stover [email protected] [Sansevierias] <[email protected]> wroteOh surgery is required. if the first plant is from chemically induced
variegation, I dunno what will happen, but I do know from growing allkinds of variegated things, that reversions to normal need to be prunedwith extreme prejudice.
hermine
Next to the trifasciatas whichhave so many variations, I think S. masoniana is my favorite sansevieria.Masoniana, as well, can have many variable forms when it is growing inthe variegated mode. When the variegation is mericlinal, you neverknow what the pups might look like. Pictured here is one clump of threemasoniana leaves. It started with one beaufifully marked yellowvariegated leaf which in turn threw a less variegated, but neverthelessvariegated, leaf which threw a wild, nearly all green leaf. Next spring Iwill assess the clump and see if surgery isrequired.
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