Re: [Sansevierias] S. bonceilensis

Maybe you need to cut more  of the rhizome. 
Philip 


On Thursday, July 31, 2014 7:55 PM, "Hermine Stover [email protected] [Sansevierias]" <[email protected]> wrote:
  


  

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>   In theory, yes, but I have had certain unusual and beautiful one 
> of a kind sansevierias which I kept alive seemingly forever and 
> each time they put out a normal growth I did this careful surgery. 
> and the mother plant NEVER put out another like herself.

hermine

>
>I believe that it has all got to do with the rhizome.
>Let's take an example from variegated sansevierias.
>We all know that a variegated sans sometimes sends off a non variegated shoot.
>When this happens the shoot should be removed from the mother rhizome
>as close as possible to ensure  variegated plants once again.
>This should be repeated every time a non variegated shoot appears.
>In the case of boncel every time a patula appears,
>this should be removed as close as possible to the boncel rhizome.
>This encourages more boncel offsets instead of patulas.
>
>Regards from Malta
>Philip Borg