Hello,

At first glance it looks like à Moonshine except mine doesn't have any stripes at all, this one have some stripes so maybe it's a fast growing Robusta. New leaves on a Robusta are very light colored and the stripes aren't very pronounced.

Sorry but I'm not very helpful here !

Savantfou.

I think it is probably just a regular 'Moonshine', growing conditions and/or age make it a little greener like that.

Go back and buy it. $9.98 is a good price. Don't know what it is...

I've paid less than that for Moonshine before ($5 - $7 seems more fair). Regardless, I lost my of what this is I lost my Moonshine awhile ago and haven't seen any in any of the big box stores lately so I put it on my Christmas list and I'm hoping Santa will buy it for me. :)

As long as you realize Moonshine's leaves darken w/ age. Some folks don't know that & come here asking how to keep it so pale & light in color -- can't, it darkens as it ages, that's its nature.

Wow, Stush that last one really got going on the stripes. They are both so pretty.

Barb, they are your stock. Thanks again.

You sure made the most of that start. Now that I think about it, I do remember some horizontal lines from time to time. I didn't think much about it, but you may be developing a whole new cultivar. You are always a good person to trade and share with.

Stush, your first Moonshine with it's nearly unblemished mist-green is fabulous! But the one with green bandings is more interesting, has it produced any offsets of its own, and if so what kind? Plain, banded or both?

Russ

I just had a close look at the Moonshine that Stush sent me last year, and I do see banding. The banding looks similar to the first picture in the thread. It's interesting to me to see how much variation there is is sansevierias. Fun to see what happens as they evolve.

Most Moonshines I've seen have had some broken banding here and there on leaves. Stush's banded example is extraordinary that it has so much, and his other example is stunning since it has so little. It's amazing that propagating one of those pure sea-green leaves would produce the dark green, heavily banded variety Robusta.

Russ

Didn't get the usual notice on my email so I almost missed this. I gave Woodnative one just like mine, short and banded. So far they are staying smaller but it did pup an all silver one that I plan to remove come spring. Some pup true and some pup back to all silver.

Mine is pupping but the pup is still too small to know if it is coming true. I will get a photo tonight.

Great looking Moonshine, Chris!

I remember seeing Moonshines at a non-local Florida nursery that were well over a foot tall. They had an upright habit and leaves were fairly tight together. Since then I've assumed those were the mature stage and smaller plants with a wide, bird nest form like yours are still immature.

Obviously, producing offsets isn't an indication of maturity, it's how sansevierias get to a final, mature stage plant through generations of ever-larger offsets.

Russ

Russ have you seen other 'Moonshines' (or even other future types) with this type of growth then? I thought this was something unique........growing more like a slightly oversized 'hahni' then a future/typical 'Moonshine'. All of the 'Moonshines' I have seen, whether small plants in individual pots or large potted clumps, had the more upright growth and many less leaves.

I just read this in Vol. 1 of the Sansevieria Journal. 'Juvenile/Dwarf sports of Sansevieria in cultivation' by B. Juan Chahinian. This is a normal behavior of juvenile producing smaller and more leaves than the normal. He said it will go back to it's proper size and shape sooner or later but once in a while you could come upon a new sport.

My plant came from a well growing full size plant and grown in good conditions but it so far had one reverted pup after I gave Chris one that was like mine. But maybe Chris's will pup true.

is bbb Bed, Bath & Beyond?

Pat LOL!! well bbb is a lazy way of writing "big box store" on here. In this case they were in Home Depot. Since Bed Bath & Beyond is a major chain I wonder if they could be lumped in the big box store category too though I haven't yet seen Sans there LOL!

Here's my moonlight or moonshine.

Chris, you know I'm excited about our 'Moonshines'. For the time being, what should we call it? Just to distinguish it from regular 'Moonshine'.

Hey Stush! I hope it continues to stay that way. How about 'Little Moon', Or maybe just 'Stush's Clone' LOL!

What is the main difference between normal Moonshine and this one? Far more leaves than normal, the heavy banding, or both? Are they smaller than normal (Chris's suggestion 'Little Moon')? A name might play up whatever makes this Moonshine different.

For what it's worth, Juan Chahinian says in The Sans Trifasciata Varieties... "Sometimes numerous leaves will cover the stem and present a stacking appearance."

Interestingly, Juan shows an accompanying pic of perhaps 50 plants of Moonshine in the ground in Hawaii, and almost every one is in bloom. He says the lush, tropical climate probably caused the event, which is rare in most other settings.

Russ

Russ I would love to see that pic from Juan's book. Well I am hoping it is different. Yes it is much smaller, with many more dense leaves, should be able to see in the pics above. To me it is shaped just like a hahni......a little bit larger than a typical hahni, but not much.

Chris, I'll try to take a pic from the book and post it. Unusually smaller would be a huge deal, Juan says height should be no more than 12 inches. However, I've seen many examples where his height estimates were understated.

Russ