Very nice. Whaaa! I want some Sans.

Never wanted any but those beauties could change my mind.

Stush

Nice! Makes me want some sans :) I have only Jade dwarf, Moonshine and cylindrica...

Looking great Stush!

Rina, would you mind posting a pic of your Moonshine, please? I got one a few months back and have it inside in a South facing window where it gets several hours of sunlight BUT through the glass and vertical blinds, so “direct”...?

The leaves seem to be ok but I feel like instead of growing straight & tall, they seem to be flattening outward. Possibly trying to get more light? Maybe it’s my imagination.

I’d like to see others this time of year to compare.

Thank you,

Tyler

Stush, please share your tips on growing gold flame. Thanks

Thank you Rina. Not really floppy. Still firm & erect. Just extending outward versus straight upwards. I’ll try to get a pic when I get home if not too dark.

The mix is my usual. Roughly 40/60 to 50/50 C&S/pumice. It’s pretty chilly in the room they are in so I’ve been afraid to water it too much. No where near as often as you’re doing. Maybe once in 2 1/2 to 3 weeks or so.

Tyler

You are right - cooler it is, water less often. My mix is very inorganic, so likely retains even less water than yours. I think your mix is ok.

Rina, I used to use a mix similar to yours but now I switched to completely organic compost. Some times I will mix in some perlite but some are in pure compost (my own pile of grass clippings and maple leaves composted over years). Since changing to this mix, I experienced some phenomenal growth.

When I was in Ohio, I stopped at a nursery who had 5 in. pots full of Gold Hahnii for $5 each. One had a Gold Hahnii pup. I posted this somewhere.

Next trip I go. Any takers for some if they have any? Like anything, this only comes around very few times.

Here's my Moonshine from last summer.

I hope my stunted Moonshine grows like yours. The mother plant has 4 more pups, all size of mother.

Shana, I want mine to be stunted. If I see a regular growing pup, I remove it. I like mine the size of a hahnii. I seen this light green hahnii that is very nice and the older leaves doesn't turn dark with age.

I like those lighter colors, but they do seem to go green! I hope for pups and good health for the stunted Moonshine. I will take any 'normal' pups off, too. The marginated Hahnii that I have is similar to the above but green. The shimmer of the silvery colors and the whites really appeal to me! Is 'Starlight' different than the Hahnii marginated?

Shana, Yes, Hahnii Marginated is a regular green hahnii only with the yellow margins. 'Starlight' aka Silver Marginated as the name states is silver (light green) with the yellow margins. There is also a dark green one call Jade Marginated.

I am trying to make more of these..... name escapes me at the moment...... lost a bunch of plants last year due to awful fungus. This wasn’t too bad and seems to be recovering but I am nervous as there are no backups yet.

Wow, Chris, always takes my breath away. Where do you find these guys? Put me down for one. And as always, if anything happens to yours, I'll give it back.

Those pups look to be all yellow. Do they green up later? Or do you have to find a green/gold pup to keep like the mother plant?

The yellow pups look like the "Philippine" you gave me.

Hi all. Here are 2 pics of my Moonshine. Advice, opinions and insight appreciated.

Thank you,

Tyler

Hmmmm...ok, so I just noticed that the grower’s tag on my plant says Zeylanica on the front and Trifasciata on the back. AND, the patterning on the leaves in the picture of the plant on the label looks nothing like my plant. I had thought at first that it was a generic Sans tag. The plant in the picture has leaves that are much longer, narrower and darker with very pronounced striped patterning.

I was just going by the pale coloring & wider leaves and supposed that it was Moonshine. But maybe not? So, maybe my plant is not Moonshine...?

I’m looking this stuff up online but can’t really find any definitive answers. So confused. Can someone educate me? Help, please?

Thank you,

Tyler

S. zeylanica:

Synonyms: Sansevieria zeylanica var. Laurentii (Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman) Liberty Hyde Bailey (1963) .

The name zeylanica refers to the place of discovery Zeylon, today's Sri Lanka.

In addition to S, burmanika; S/ ebracteata/S. sandipur and S toxburghiana, this species is
closely related to the Indian species, which like it a little warmer than other Sansevieria species.

Most plants named S.zeylanica belong to the Trifasciata group and are NOT S.zeylanica !
S.zeylanica is characterized by quite narrow, steeply upright leaves, which have several clearly visible channels on the underside of the leaf.
Thus, many plants in culture are absolutely wrong!

found some photos - supposed to be S. zeylanica:

Try - HERE -, maybe you can find comparison for your plant.

HA! Very interesting. I guess the grower of my plant was trying to cover all the bases by putting both names on the tag. By that information, description and those pictures, clearly my plant is not Zeylanica.

Thank you Rina. I’ll check out that site & see what I can find.

Thank you Rina, Where did you find zeylanica? I couldn't find it. I still don't think that photo is actuate. Reason, Said it was not attractive, which that one is. Looks more like S. Sulcata.

Also on that site, there is some deception. Showing Moonshine and picture of Brazilian Moonshine. Most S. Tri. hahnii 'Gold Hahnii' goes by many names. All different growing conditions of same plant.

I got one Gold Hahnii from Hawaii which had a overall more yellowish color. After two years growing side by side with my other Gold Hahnii, you can't tell them apart.

Stewart, Your Sans is most differently Moonshine. Looks fine to me. I like the extra green banding in my Moonshine. Some like the solid silver look. I get both from the same plant. I've been separating the solid ones and keeping the more green banding ones. Hoping some day to get a Brazilian. I heard they are unstable and pups back to Moonshine.

Stush

I linked to Lapshin/Russian site, and if there are any mistakes, I do not know. They are citing a book SANSEVERY published in Indonesia. There is always a chance that something got lost in translation...but Peter Lapshin has pretty good name. Here is the link to beginning of it:-SANSEVERY-. Also translated further, from Russian to English.

Photos of zeylanica are from another site: -SANSEVERIX.COM-. That is German site, I believe by creator Dr. Horst Pfenning. He said: The content of this website has been thoroughly researched and developed.
However, since many Sansevieria have not yet been scientifically described and even a lot of information in even botanical books is not always correct or has been revised after new knowledge, I have to distance myself from the accuracy of the information published here! I try to keep the information correct and up-to-date and will always import some updates and add more pages! Please follow the update page to stay up to date!

If you click on his name, there are see many more photos and descriptions.

BTW, I couldn't find where it said: ..."it was not attractive"...Could you point it out? Was it on Lapshin's site? - I just don't see it...

ETA:

I looked up S. sulcata you mentioned - there seems to be difference between 2 (at least to me). Sulacata is much more cylindrical, zeylanica has some 'flatter' leaves; color of leaves and banding seems to be also bit different - but I could be wrong... There are so many factors to ID (few are: change in shape of leaves; leaf shape; the direction of leaf growth; the central groove in the tubular leaves; flowers and fruits; trunk-no trunk; cross-section of leaves - and that is far beyond me , LOL).

Very nice Stush!

Rina, That comment about it not being attractive was from Sansevieria Production Guild; http://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/foliage/folnotes/sansevie.htm

"Most plants sold as Sansevieria zeylanica are S. trifasciata. True Sansevieria zeylanica has little appeal as an ornamental".

That was the whole reason of rare being, Not able to find one. What you showed may be exactly right. I'm just saying I never seen one and it look nice. Not what I was expecting.

Looking back at your picture. It look exactly like Sansevieria Fernwood (grandiscuspis x. suffruticosa). Not showing whole plant and having a side by side comparison means much more.

Thanks for the information.

Stush

Thanks. I didn't come across that site...and I agree that S. zeylanica looks quite attractive :) Beauty is in eyes of beholder I guess...but we are looking at photos only. Fernwood looks very similar - there are quite a few photos on German site. But only few of zeylanica.