S. robusta in flower

22 years ago

Solar Storm and Cena and others, thanks for posting pictures in your collections. Here is a S. t. robusta I purchased this spring from Karole Brooks. Trifasciata robusta must be an easy one to flower, and it obviously pups freely. This plant can be obtained by rooting a leaf of 'Moonshine', aka 'Moonglow' ; leaf cuttings of S.t. robusta propagate true.

This plant also has the fairly unusual trait of SOMETIMES producing 'stackers' where the leaves stack themselves around a stem in a vertical growth mode. I'd love to see this phenomenon up close and personal like.

Finally, this plant (S.t. robusta) is a different plant than S. robusta.

Mike

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Solar_Storm
22 years ago
Terrific photo, Mike. I'm not familier with S.robusta. How tall is the plant? Does the flower have a scent?

Some of your earlier photos had a ruler. That was a good idea. I should have included a ruler in my photos too. I also like your font . . very easy to read. Have you considered adding the date?
Cena
22 years ago
That is a really nice plant. When I get situated in my work, and my yard straightened out, I will try a few cuttings.

I first saw 'Moonshine' in a Ben Franklin 5&10 in Missouri during the late 70's. It also was a stacker. I bet some plant wholesaler thought they had something there. I left the orginal plant with my mom, I was barely 20. When I got back, and saw progeny I repotted to acquire another start. Somehow, in 20 years, it had lost it's stacking habit.

Ah, well, the things we learn.

That is a spectacularly colored, and nicely grown plant. Thanks for posting the pics. How is the scent of the flowers? I find that a BIG draw for me with plants.
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Solar_Storm
22 years ago
Cena, what is meant by "stacking"?
Cena
22 years ago
SS, when you see it you will know. It is tough to explain, because it defys expectations with a sans grower. Mr. Chahinian says "As explained on the previous page, one particular clone of 'Futura' deserves attention because of the unusal growth patterns it displays. The plant depicted has offset true to type, keeping the stacking habit and it is still growing new leaves itself. The author thinks is it reasonable to call this plant (should be in bold here:::)'FUTURA', stacking clone (:::end bold). This habit of stacking leaves is also found in some of the other cultivars like 'Hahnii', including some of the variegated ones, "Robusta', 'Malachite', 'Loops Pride' and even 'Silver Frost'."
Solar_Storm
22 years ago
I can see I need to get a copy of Juan's book. Maybe I'll put it on my wife's Xmas shopping list.