There is a range of leaf blade sizes. The immature plants look like regular regina. The mature plan can have no blade at all to a blade 25% the size of regina. Some people use the species paucifolia to distinguish these from S. regina and add var. juncea for the bladeless types. Others consider them both varieties of S. regina. chuck Schwartz San Clemente, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:02 AM Subject: [pbs] Strelitzia -OT > Friends, > Just curious, if off topic. > Do seedlings of Strelitzia juncea have any leaf blade at all. ? > > I have heard that the first leaf or two will have a blade and > later more mature leaves are totally without a leaf blade, typical > for the "species". > > Anyone have experience to share? > > Thanks Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/