Hey, I know this is an old post, but I was wondering if you still have any of the Mother of 1000 babies. I have one and too many babies but I'd like different varieties. Don't know what variety I have, so if you're still trading would u accept a SASBE for a few of each variety? I don't enough house plants to trade them Thanks for listening. Joel.

I have been married for 36 years. The first month we were married, MIL drove 500 miles to visit, unannounced. While I was at work on that Friday, she did all my laundry (all my undies too), cooked dinner, and cleaned our apartment. (The message I received, was "you are incapable of taking care of my son.")I fixed supper for her that week-end and her comment was "aren't you going to take that nasty skin off the chicken?". It was downhill from that point on. Ten years ago, she grew very ill and came to live with us, (My husband is her only child, and she divorced many years ago). Has been here ever since and will be, likely, until she dies. And so, here we were with 26 years worth of unresolved issues between us (but "between" felt like a very small space). My advice to you comes from first hand experience. Resolve it NOW. No matter how difficult it may feel, no matter how your imagination warns you of horrible conflict, speak calmly, but honestly, now. Listen to her side. Arrive at a reasonable agreement for you both. These things have a way of growing deep roots, broad canopies, and coming to live with you. Boy do I wish I had followed that advice. I should tell those who are interested that we have found peace over the years, thanks to God and my wonderfuly patient husband, but the first few years were beyond awful. I now know that for the most part, our conflicts were far more misunderstandings than fact. So again, I reiterate, don't wait until MIL is old and senile. Get it right while you are both young and have some space. It will be worth the effort. Sorry if this sounds preachy.

The first sansiviera that I saw bloom was in an old restaurant in downtown Mobile years ago. The window faced west, the pots were overcrowded with plants, and I know they were root bound. And they were blooming away. If you wish to optimize the planting soil and keep feeding most of your plants, for a controlled experiment, leave ONE pot unfed and mostly ignored, and let it get rootbound. It may turn out like my first huge (and ignored) aloe vera plant, and when overcrowded and in intense heat, with only occasional watering, it shot up 4 foot tall spikes of lip-colored blooms that were truly awesome. It made me wonder if the plant was trying to procreate because it anticipated death!!! I'd be interested in what results you have with your MILtongue/snake plants. I think my big pot of them may have died with the record cold spell this winter.

Hi all, I am going to tell you about my experience as a volunteer taking care of this species. I have potted up again 40 flats of Sans. and have 40 more to go. The are dried up, the leaves are tan, but the rhizomes are all fat and plump. The curator does the cutting up and give me instruction what size pot he wants them in. There is no heat in this greenhouse, so it's not a hothouse, and we do not water again until we see new growth, the new growth will come from the water left in the rhizome. WE don't cut off dead growth because it will protect the plant from the cold. Mothers-in-law Sansevieria are very forgiving and need very little water even in the summer if grown in the house, out side it will appreciate some indirect light, or bright shade, and while growing it will love water. If you get water on the leaves when the plant is cold, or it's directly in the sun, you will get black spots which is unsightly. It will start to come back, so not to worry, it is rather easy to grow. Norma