Seems to have as much luck as I don't! I couldn't grow them that way here. Too cool/cold this time of year.

Beautiful plants.

When I was a kid an aunt used to have the regular green hahnis growing in various drinking glasses etc. quite fine too. Amazing isn't it?

I marvel at it every time I go over to my friends house. It is quite remarkable as their house is kept at 65 or so. And winter is fairly long here in North Eastern P.A. Zone 5. If I over water mine they get sick, how these can thrive is beyond me.

I suppose the poor thing has become used to the wet conditions. At this point if you dried it out it just might die. But yeah, amazing!

Russ

Sorry to on so late. Of course this is the toughest of the bird nest group. I have one that stacking for years now. It is appox. 8 inches tall. I saw one a few years ago outside a store that was stacking to 4 feet! Bottom leaves were a bit beat-up, but it had to be 20 years old. Sometimes I think a plant feels happy with it's place and seems nothing can stop it.

All good points. Russ is most likey correct that the plant would be in trouble if it dries out Juxtapositioned against Tiffany's direct sun comment with Stan's observation that the will to live sometimes overcomes adversity all complement each other.

I suspect the one item I did not tell is a big factor with the above: My freind is a bit heavy handed with the fertilizer too. I have been mulling over the whole fertilizer issue. But the above comments keep everthing in perspective so to speak, In a word synergy: all the points working together to yield the improbable success of this plant.

You got that right Fred... improbable success. I don't know whether to attribute it to the toughness of sansevierias and their ability to survive or just call it the blind luck of your friend. In either case I'm bummed, I don't have a Hahnii that looks that good!

Russ

I've asked what my friend fertilizes with; he says he just experiments with different things. So, I've no Idea what he uses or how much or even how often. I think the soil is Hyponex.

Stush, a 4 foot stacking Hahnii would be a sight to see. We're talking World Record status here. A couple of centuries ago I remember seeing at least a dozen six inch pots of stacking Hahnii's at an obscure nursery in the San Antonio area, but I wasn't as interested in sans at that time and didn't buy one. I guess they were about the size of yours, 8 to 10 inches high. I wish I'd snagged one now.

Russ

Russ, No camera with me and was in an obscure shopping center in North Lima Ohio (no where near Lima Oh.). We were in Boardman Oh. shopping and going to a movie and one of our 1 day vacations. Sitting out side of I think was a barber shop. Promised myself to go back there and take a few pictures but never did. That was 10 years ago. Been to Youngstown several times but not back to North Lima.

Very interesting Stush, oh for a camera at that time, right? I wonder if a leaf from a stacking Hahnii would be more likely to produce another stacking one, or if you'd just get regular Hahnii's. Maybe out of 3 or 4 offsets from the leaf, 1 might end up stacking. That would be an interesting experiment.

Russ

Russ, That plant was badly beat up. You could tell it was very old. Probably grew in a dark corner and got some sun come summer. Also by removing pups soon, gives the main plant more energy.