| Description | A medium sized plant with silver leaves. |
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| Pronunciation | (san-se-VEER-ee-uh)(try-fask-ee-AH-tuh) |
| 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 Moonshine readily produces flowers in the form of short inflorescence that barely extend out of the clump. |
| Leaves | Forms a upright clump of light silvery gray-green foliage. This plant is best when the leaves are young. As the leaves get older they start to lose their fresh silver color. |
| 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. In the greenhouse the Sansevieria are moved under the benches when space becomes a premium. Water drips down on the plants and Moonshine will produces brown spots of the leaves while all of the other Sansevieria tolerate this condition. |
| Propagation | This plant needs to be propagated by division, partial leaf cuttings will revert back to S. trifasciata. |
| Native Site | India, Arabia |
| Cultivar Origin | A sport of Sansevieria trifasciata. |
| Notes & Reference | R.W. Henley, A.R. Chase and L.S. Osborne University of Florida, Sansevieria production Guide |
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