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 ISI
2004-35. Sansevieria patens. According
to Len Newton (Sansevieria 13:3, 2005) the origin and identity
of N.E. Brown’s original S. patens remains an unsolved
mystery. Therefore, Steve Jankalski (Sansevieria 15: 8-9,
2006) has coined the cultivar name S. ‘Ed
Eby’ for this plant in honor of the man who rescued
the surviving plant from Koko Crater Botanic Garden, Hawaii. Jankalski
suggests that the plant may be a hybrid of S. canaliculata and S.
pearsonii, two species employed in the USDA breeding program
in Florida for developing superior fiber-plants, many of which
ended up in Koko Crater. Alternatively, the plant may be an
open hybrid of these two species, which are also cultivated at Koko
Crater. Further
research will be required to determine the possible hybrid origin
of S. ‘Ed Eby’ and
its parentage.
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