Re: [Sansevierias] Sansevieria propagation Question

I feel the same kind of genetic aberration which gives a plant=20
camouflage is no different from the ones which give us pleasure.=20
There are plants with various kinds of variegation and discolouration=20
which makes them look less appetizing to creatures which would eat=20
them. I know somebody once said"nature abhors a vacuum" but this does=20
not apply to plants at all.I have also known some highly variegated=20
plants to grow and proliferate faster than all green ones, one of=20
them being Gold Hahnii.  At one time I grew these en masse under the=20
same conditions and I would say I got one third more in number of the=20
Gold Hahnii and also they were MUCH BIGGER.

hermine
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>Mark, you're talking above your pay grade here, aren't you? We're=20
>talking about sansevierias, not begonias, trilliums and aroids. What=20
>is your reference that variegated mutations might be an evolutionary=20
>trend that allows the plant to lose the ability to produce=20
>chlorophyll to throw a predator into confusion, or the=20
>anthropomorphic view that the variegated plant cares about the=20
>beauty humans might see if it loses the ability to produce chlorophyll?



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