I just put these in the ground for summer vacation over the 4/9-4/10 weekend & noticed these buds a couple days ago. How cool is that?! Can't wait to sniff!

Nice. Something to look forward to indeed. Many people grow Sans. and never see blooms. Some species will not bloom until they are 8-15 years old. Some blooms don't smell much at all. Some, can fill up your whole house with a beautiful aroma. I remember once I was awoken in the middle of the night by one bloom. Wonderful. Gene

Thanks! I've had this around for a couple decades, passed down from Grandma. Blooms are always a thrill!

I knew that Sans could bloom but had no idea some were fragrant. I learn something every time I'm on this site

Congrats on your coming blooms! I have many sans, and so far only 2 of them have bloomed for me. One had no scent, and the other one filled up the room and was wonderful. Yours must be enjoying it's vacation outdoors.

The flowers are starting to open. They do smell good but I had to do some kind of as-yet-unnamed yoga move to get my nose down there. LOL!

Your plants must be happy. They only bloom if they're happy and responding to your good care.

Thanks! I have fun with them!

They are fun! I envy people who can grow them outdoors. They do so well outdoors, but mine have to go in for the winter.

But give them enough light in the winter and they will do just fine. Mine do. Gene

Thanks, Gene, they do ok during the winter, but when they get outside they grow so much more quickly. Last December we visited in Florida. I couldn't believe the huge stands of Sans that we saw outside. Most of them were very tall and happily blooming.

Thanks, Karen! Yes, mine have to come inside for winter too and is why I said they're in the ground for summer vacation. In Z8, it's too cold to leave Sans outside all year. This winter they'll get to stay in new greenhouse with tons of light instead of just being stuck wherever they will fit. Usually about the last thing to come inside because I wait till the last minute to send as many extras away to new homes as possible. Once I pot them back up, I don't want to mess with doing that again until the next fall.

For the first dozen or so yrs I had a pot of Sans (totally rootbound, as "they" suggest,) there was never any action, just the same old plant, looking the same from the glacially slow pace of growth. But when I started repotting often, leaving more room for new pups to grow, a lot of very quick growth started happening, and several blooms per year. As a monocarpic plant, each rosette can only bloom once, so having new rosettes growing quickly is helpful if one wants to experience blooms often. It's not necessary at all to put them in the ground for that, but I enjoy having them "as annuals" much more than something like marigolds, and don't have to worry about watering so many pots.

The pups that grew this summer from those plants that already bloomed are preparing to bloom.

Some updates.

'Moonshine'



The plain species, S. trifasciata



'Hahnii Marginated'

Now get out your tiny paint brush. Gene

One is out of GH & the door is open for those that don't need to move to get any more light. Hopefully bees or moths will perform. I already have a taker if any seeds form. I don't have room or patience to try to grow something from seed that multiplies vegetatively so fast but I would love to watch them form & take pics to share.

Tiffany you are correct. Growing Sans. from seed is slow and iffy, I agree. I forgot one variable that makes me get out my paint brush, having 2 -3 rare Sans, blooming at the same time. I'm after fame and fortune ( a joke.) Just the idea of creating a new species can give me a thrill. Not much else does these days. Gene

That would be completely awesome! Best luck & good vibes to that, a worthy plant cause to pursue! I don't have anything unusual enough to spawn something new. Completely plausible from your collection. ;)