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ID help please

8 years ago

Hey, first time I'm posting here. I wonder if I could get some help to identify this ones name?
I'm collecting Sansevieras since awhile back, and this one seems to grow fastest of them all. Divided it once :)

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  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Very hard to judge. Could be common S. trifasciata but could also be a hybrid of same or if it has a redish edging to the leaves could be some thing altogether different.

    Our dear friend Norma once gave us advise on naming Sanseveria with out knowing where they came from, who they came from, seeing the plant in person. Type of leaves, hard, thick, fussy etc. She told us to leave it to the experts. And they must see it in person. But we just give it a friendly guess. Better than nothing.

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you for the reply!
    I've taken another picture to show the size of it compared to 2 others, and a closeup picture of the shape of the leaves.



  • 8 years ago

    Thank you, guessing is as good as anything! I guessed Fernwood, but that didn't seem quite right.

  • 8 years ago

    I am going to second S. parva. If so the new pups should emerge on long stolons which often climb out of the pot.

  • 8 years ago

    Does look like S. parva. But only a guess. Growing conditions make all the difference in good guesses. It would have been a poorly grown trifasciata.

  • 8 years ago

    Googled pictures of Parva and some pictures does indeed look very much like mine. Thanks!

  • 8 years ago

    I go with parva based on leaf shape and color pattern and especially those cute little curled leaf tips :-) which is plain to see on the leaf with a hole near the top.

  • 8 years ago

    I can't seem to grow parva. I have a white parva that has stayed the same and no new growth or pups. I know I'm doing something wrong. Loosing leaf by leaf over the year I owned it. If I loose this one, I quit with this species.

    Had the same problem with Bantal's Sensation until I got a bunch on clearance and ever since they grow like weeds for me. Maybe I should grow it in a peaty potting soil mix. But not going to disturb it till spring.

    Mike, Chris any secrets you can disclose here.

  • 8 years ago

    Stush, my parvas are doing fine in a gritty mix. I'm very curious if you can make them grow better by using a peaty mix.

  • 8 years ago

    I did have problems with mine when I first got it home. Quite a few leaves turned yellow and fell off, and it happend very fast each time. And they weren't old leaves. But the plant grows very fast, fastest of all my Sans, and it's in a North facing window like all the rest. But since I started to only water it from below no more leaves has turned yellow. (No idea if that has anyting to do with it it though)
    I've given away some of it when I divided it, and they seem to be doing alright.

  • 8 years ago

    According to Bob Smoley from his web site, he stated that white parvas are slower growers. The ones I had before grew fairly fast and had pups but lost it thru the winter just before spring take out.

  • 8 years ago

    Aouch, sad to hear you lost them. Seems very rare too, never ever seen them here in Sweden.

  • 8 years ago

    Does anyone know if Bob Smoley's Gardenworld suffered any damage in the hurricane? I hope Mary is doing alright.

  • 8 years ago

    Don't know but they are in central Florida and should have done ok. I don't think anyone did well. My prayers goes out to them. Hope Mary keeps the business going. Good source of many succulents. Haven't purchased any this year but have done lots of business with Bob in the past.

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