YUM! I have to be good and not buy any more houseplants until mine make the migration. My husband has been asking when that is lately. I am going to buy my tomato plants this week.

Very nice.

Love it! It's so big and....big. I love the different leaf colors too.

Good score, Next O. Well, this looks like species trifasciata although the leaf width is a bit narrow. If you have other trif species, does this one look different other than the narrow leaves?

Your new finds are nice. I get more of the same also. A local grocery store had 3 Hahnii. I bought them all. Same with Futura Simplex...and will be with the Trifasciata like yours. I have 2 already but I like em and they're available at a good price. Why not?

The more, the merrier!

Russ, the leaves are much narrower - the only one it kinda resembles is Bantel's Sensation as far as leaf shape & width. I wonder if this one flowers? We'll see. The only one I could find so far it looks like is S. Japonesa auction photo.

I like the tall ones too, floor plants - I've got more floor space than countertop space anyway. I find them very elegant and dramatic, like spires.

Next O, there is a trifasciata variety called 'Slimmerette' that looks like the species but has much narrower leaves. Your plant does look like a trifasciata, not any other type like the so-called Japonesa, which has cylindrical leaves with a channel running the length of the leaf.

It will be interesting to see if new growths will turn out to be typical trifasciata leaves, my Slimmerette from Bob Smoley has evolved into a normal trifasciata.

Russ

How interesting. I'll take a photo next to the other tri's I have for comparison. My other trifasciatas have flat leaves that often twist as they go up, this one and the Bentel's tend toward having "keeled" leaves (cut one and it's V-shaped in cross section) - may still be trifasciata I have no idea, no key to go by!

But in the end, a rose by any name would smell as sweet (a Sans of unknown ID is still nice to have & admire).

Hey Next Obs, I think I've identified your sans. It was the first name I thought of when I first saw your pics, but I dismissed the ID since 31 inches is much taller than it normally grows.

But revisiting the pics of your plant and your descriptions, I'm sure it is S. trifasciata 'Gray Lady'. Juan Chahinian says in his book that this variety tops out at 18 inches, but I've grown it a bit higher than two feet. So I think a good wholesaler could get 'Gray Lady' to 31 inches with forced feeding and perfect culture and temps.

Google that name and see what you think. In Europe, this variety is called 'Silver Princess'. Interestingly, 'Gray Lady' propagates true from leaf cuttings where many trifasciata's revert to the base species.

'Gray Lady' isn't rare but is very uncommon, so you've made a good score my friend.

Russ

Neat! Thanks Russ - yeah he's got a lot of Sans I don't see anywhere else, I'm so curious who his supplier is.