Thanks, Stush. The first one was completely clear, with only narrow green margins. When I repotted it upon getting home (it was in like a 2" ceramic pot without drainage holes, with a plastic liner), I discovered it had absolutely no roots and despite my best efforts, it died. So the store gave me a replacement, the clearest one I could find on the shelves. I have it on a table facing my balcony window, which has vertical blinds I angle every morning to let in the most light, plus some grow light bulbs I installed in a triple-gooseneck pole lamp. The replacement plant pictured is growing new leaves, so I guess it likes its new home.

With being home so much due to COVID, I am becoming a serious collector, LOL. I've always "majored" in succulents, with particular interest in sansevierias, haworthias, and anything cute and unusual. I have several succulents I can't even identify, but I love 'em anyway. Just installed 2 more LED grow lights to help my plants out during the dark winter days. I have another 2 sans; one Dwarf Samurai, another big box find; and what I think is S. francisii, which has straight cylindrical leaves about the diameter of an elementary school pencil, with red tips. Eventually the red tips turn brown when the plant has grown another offshoot. I am always on the lookout for the "accidentals" in big box stores mixed in with other plants, such as the solid gold sans and the dwarf samurai.

Would love to know what slender-leafed guy in the background is.

Despite my bests efforts, I could not get the colors of the Golden Hahnii to be perfectly authentic with the grow lights hovering right above it, but this is close. It is my favorite plant.

Well Esther, You came to the right place. Welcome. Looks like you got things in hand.

Dates on pictures will help you check back even after years go by. I try to do the same with my pictures with name and date.

The dates the pictures were taken are stored right along with the pictures on my computer. BTW Stush, do you keep other types of plants besides Sans?

My problem is yes, I do keep several different kinds of plants. Mostly succulents. Aloes, Haworthia, Gasteria, most of their hybrids, Euphorbia, Agaves and a few Jades. A few tropical's (mostly wife's) Several Christmas Cactus (wife's).

Stush, did you see my question in your Sans chat? This very same little solid gold Sans is now dying. I suspect it's because it only had 2 thin filaments as its whole root system, about 3/4" long. I think the nursery that propagates these for BJs Warehouse just lops off leaves, sticks them into moist NON succulent soil, and packs them up for shipping. If you recall, the first one I got had absolutely no roots at all, just stem stuck into the soil. I took the newest little leaf, the only one that wasn't browning from the center, and replanted that into the same pot, which was a bit dry when I stuck my finger downward. So I watered it, stuck the baby in, and hope for the best. If I spot another solid gold at BJs, which I'm sure will be in the same shape, is there any way I can end up with a healthy plant with a root system? Thanks.

Esther,

Yes I did answer that question just now. Highly variegated Sans are very weak. Leaf cuttings would revert back to green so it's not worth trying. To have a Solid Gold hahnii, you must have a rhizome root and rosette of leaves from it. Not leaf cuttings. Even with a nice healthy plant, They are one of the hardest plants to grow. To have one for several years is more luck than skill I think. Water is more harm then good on these sans. Only water when totally dried out. Once the roots start to rot, they can't take up water and the plant looks like it's drying out (which it is) due to not being able to pick up the water in the soil. This makes them very fussy, Must be kept warm, well light, and watered just right. One mistake and it's all over.

As I said in other post, Mine is still connected to the main Golden Hahnii plant and uses it for support. That give me some mistake room.

Gotcha, Stush. OK, so I won't try once more with a BJs rootless "plant". Was fun while it lasted. I really found that solid gold attractive. I might be going to a local very large nursery today, just to get out of the house. Wonder if I'll find anything interesting enough to bring home. The little Parodia cactus I got there a couple weeks ago likes it here and rewarded me with a flower already. I can see that the String of Turtles I also got there will be fussier to maintain. It's such a cute plant though, that I gotta try.