Hi Bougainvillea,

Thanks for stopping over in the sans forum. I am no expert, but I'll give my opinion. Your first photo is a trifasciata, I can't be more specific. The second one does look like a Bally Minnie. I have this plant andI love it. It has put out 6 pups!

As far as watering, I think you are being way too cautious. You have sun on your plants and they must be warm at this time of year plus you have a very porous mix, so I would water at least every week in the summer, taper off in the winter to a couple of times a month. Sans are more like a tropical during the warm months and more like a succulent in the winter.

Hi bmock, my name is Natalia, nice to meet you :) Thank you for taking time to answer my post. I will do as you suggest; to water more. I guess I let my Sans too dry. I'm still learning and reading more about Sans from this forum. I'm now on page 5 :) It's fun to read and see many different Sans here. I still have a question regarding my post above: Will the leaves on the first Sans recover?

Sans. ballyi 'Minnie' is one of my favorite, the picture I took above was last year picture. It's a slow grower for me :( I put my ballyi minnie outside and found that the roots rot. My neighbor was trying to help me by watering my succulents every 2-3 days. To keep my story short, I cut the rooted stem, sprinkle with cinnamon, let it dry for a few days and planted in my mix. It has been about 5 weeks, no watering yet but misting the top soil. I haven't seen a new growth but hope it survives.

I think I am in love with Sans....lol, especially Sans. pinguicula, cylindrica, and the dwarf form- variegated Sans.

Natalia

Hi Natalia,

You can find lots of good info here, it just takes time to read through it. You can search for topics too.

I think your leaves will plump up when they get some water stored in them. If there is scar from an injuy, it will stay. But pretty soon you will get some new leaves.

You probably need to give that Minnie a good drink too. Five weeks is a long time without water.

Hi Natalia,
I agree with 'bmock'. Your plants are trifasciatas, but more than that they are a trifasciata Hahnii variety which is a class of dwarf trifasciatas. There are at least a dozen different looking Hahnii varieties. They should not be difficult to grow in your Zone 8, and in a few weeks should plump up a bit and by next Spring, if all goes well, you will see new little plants showing up around the mother plant. The 3rd plant in your pictures is probably a S. ballyi as Bmock suggested. I think it is just a young plant. The leaves will all get much longer, and the plant will send out 1 or 2 Above-ground, maybe 6-8 inch long, rhizomes with new plants at the rhizome tips, This will be your signal to send more pictures! :-)