| Description | A very unusually shaped plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (san-se-VEER-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | They are tolerant of shade, low light conditions but prefer moderate to bright. Strong direct light will cause the leaves to burn or fade |
| Moisture | Can go for long periods of time with out water, but prefers to be kept evenly moist to slightly dry. One time I forgot about 3 plants in the north window of a room, for 2 months. They never got watered and are still alive today. Not a recommended practice! |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | average house |
| Flowers | In the greenhouse most of these plants flower but in house conditions they tend not to flower. The inflorescences of whitish flowers are produced on long slender stalks. This Sansevieria is fragrant and is a night bloomer. |
| Leaves | Most of the plant that is seen above ground is actually a leaf. The large root like structures under the surface are horizontal stems called rhizomes. |
| Maintenance | Very little is needed just occasional re-potting when the plants get to large. They have very strong rhizomes and will crack almost any pot |
| Propagation | The easiest and most common way is by division. Just knock the plant out of the pot and divide into section. Most of the plants will root from partial leaf cuttings which is a leaf cut into sections and rooted. The draw back to this method is, if the plant is a sport (genetic variation) it will revert back to its parent plant. I have rooted Futura and Golden Snake plant from partial leaf cuttings and they both have reverted back to S. trifasciata. I have rooted S. trifascita and S. cylindica and they have come true from the partial leaf cutting |
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