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8 years ago

I have to show off two of my plants I got from a friend last year that have grown prolifically. I keep them at work year round in a huge Western window. Don't mind the background junk.

S. kirkii var. kirkii 'Coppertone'

Check out the new growth!

and S. fischeri, adult form

I absolutely love how sculptural this is. It's almost 2' tall too!

Comments (23)

  • 8 years ago

    Awesome!! Well grown and very beautiful and artistic plants!

    vitorama thanked woodnative
  • 8 years ago

    Very Beautiful! Love the upward growth of your coppertone and the darkness of your fisheri.

    vitorama thanked jstropic (10a)
  • 8 years ago

    Just beautiful!!!

    vitorama thanked barbmock
  • 8 years ago

    You S. fischeri doesn't have a single juvenile leaf. Very interesting. How is that possible? Were they all cut off?

  • 8 years ago

    Definitely not, Elliot. I was given this plant as a gift from a very kind friend and those two tusks in the middle, opposing each other, was the original plant last summer. Everything else has grown since then. I presume since it was already an adult it just kept growing that way.

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you everyone for the kind words of support!

  • 8 years ago

    LOVE your Kirkii. I have two but they are slow growers for me and not nearly as prolific as yourself. It's beautiful. Regarding the fischeri....I bought a fairly mature one way back, and a leaf broke off in moving it. So of course, I stuck the leaf into mix and waited, and it too grew. Strangely, though, it grew 2 juvenile leaves (short and broad), and the rest grew as adult leaves. I find Sansevierias to be puzzling and fascinating plants. Sometimes there is no telling what they will do! I have given up wondering -- just let them do whatever they want.

    vitorama thanked robinswfl
  • 8 years ago

    Thank you Robin! I guess I'm not surprised that your fischeri leaf cutting produced juvenile plants, but it's amazing the rest grew adult! I have another fischeri that has a hard caudex and the immature leaves grow out of that. I love the way it looks. I hope it never reverts to adult leaves!

  • 8 years ago

    Both amazing Sans, but I LOVE that a Kirkii... my Kirkii is also a slow grower, but I thinks it's outgrown it's 8" Azalea Pot... great job!

    vitorama thanked Mary978
  • 8 years ago

    The thing about coppertone is that it is such a space hog! Grrr!

  • 8 years ago

    Ha, It'll crowd you right out of the room.

  • 8 years ago

    Ditto on all the compliments. And what Mike said about coppertone. Wish mine would have more upright leaves. They are hard (almost like plastic) and grow out in every direction except up.

  • 8 years ago

    I can put you on the pup list if you'd like, Stush.

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you I have both of the ones you showed but not nearly as nice as yours. What I'm looking for is the hahnii version of 'Forescate'. (opposite of Gold Hahnii) or the standard version of 'Asahi'. I know, don't ask for much do I. Don't think I ever saw them.

  • 8 years ago

    I got my first coppertone 6 mo ago. I hope it will eventually grow as well as yours has.

    vitorama thanked Miss Linguist
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Stush the standard version of 'Asahi' is 'Golden Street'. I may have sent you one of those (or not) a few years ago. I no longer grow it. It is nice but no room and with all the variegation it does not get as tall as a normal standard trifasciata anyway and the leaves also stay much thinner. It is a nice plant in its own right though! Maybe someone here still grows it.

    I don't know if I have ever seen a "Forescate' version of hahni.......though some offsets of 'Golden hahni' may have come close. I love 'Forescate' but I have a hard time getting it through winter here.

  • 8 years ago

    Chris, You did send me a Golden Street and lost it shortly after. It was nice while it lasted. And some of hahnii Streaker leaves come close but being white instead of yellow and only in some degree. Leaves vary too much. But is very special it it's own right.

  • 8 years ago

    I would love to grow a cutting from a Coppertone. Like them very much, but nowhere to be found overhere.

  • 8 years ago

    I thought he reason my coppertone stuck out all over the place was because I did a lousy job of repotting it. haha!

  • 8 years ago

    They are space hogs... but I LOVE mine... had to give it the whole bottom shelf of my plant rack...

    Last year...

    This year... love it!


    vitorama thanked Mary978
  • 8 years ago

    I just presented a friend with a kirkii I had been saving for her for nearly two years. She's like "I don't want it until I move to my new house". I think she was surprised too that I remembered that she wanted it. hehe!

  • 8 years ago

    It seems some are extremely slow growing and takes a few years to start to grow.

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