| Description | Sansevieria cylindrica is an unusual Sansevieria with stiff, spear-shaped leaves. |
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| Plant Type | Indoor Foliage, Succulents, Site author's observations |
| 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. |
| Leaves | arching, ridgid spear shaped leaves. |
| Stems | spreads horizontally via an underground rhizome |
| Dimensions | Can become a large plant. The leaves reaching over 3' in length. |
| 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 | Division and partial leaf cuttings easily root |
| Native Site | South Tropical Africa, Natal |
| Misc Facts | AKA: African Spear, Cylindrical snake plant, less commonly as Elephant’s toothpick and Skyline Spear sansevieria. |
| Author's Notes | I think this is a weird but lovable plant. One problem I have with it is the fact it gets to big-2-3 feet or more across-and very heavy. Where do you put it? The spear-shaped leaves are very sharp and have poked many people in the greenhouse. I have seen plants labeled as S. cylindirca that are growing vertically like spears and others labeled as S. cylindrica that are growing fan-shaped. Very confusing? |
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