Re: [Sansevierias] S. masoniana varieations

John, thanks for sharing your experiences and photos with the masoniana.


On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:19 AM, [email protected] [Sansevierias] <
[email protected]> wrote:

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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.
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> From: e-mail newearth [email protected] [Sansevierias] <
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> 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.
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>  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
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>>  variegation, I dunno what will happen, but I do know from growing all
>> kinds of variegated things, that reversions to normal need to be pruned
>> with extreme prejudice.
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>> hermine
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>> Next to the trifasciatas which
>> have so many variations, I think S. masoniana is my favorite sansevieria.
>> Masoniana, as well, can have many variable forms when it is growing in
>> the *variegated* mode. When the variegation is mericlinal, you never
>> know what the pups might look like. Pictured here is one clump of three
>> masoniana leaves. It started with one beaufifully marked yellow
>> variegated leaf which in turn threw a less variegated, but nevertheless
>> variegated, leaf which threw a wild, nearly all green leaf. Next spring I
>> will assess the clump and see if surgery is
>> required.
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