Sansevieria trifasciata?
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ISO! Sansevieria trifasciata Black Gold
Comments (14)Black Gold is the proper name of the OP's photo. Somewhere along the line it started being called Black Coral. So while Black Coral is the common name, Black Gold is its correct name. What is commonly called Black Gold, is actually Compacta. This confused me so bad, but the in house experts got me straight! They know so much about these plants and are so helpful....See MoreSansevieria trifasciata Futura 'Asahi-Moon'?
Comments (32)Hi, Stush. Asahi photo shoot time. Can't wait to see what she does. She's lovely. This morning we had heavy blowing rains, but right next to the wall on my patio it is rather sheltered. I let her have some blowing mist, then patted her dry and used a straw for the nooks and crannies. She'll be in now till it's warm and dry again. I was not expecting the long, medium length leaves to be as they are. They are slimmer than my other Futura sized plants. Do they stay this way?Backed by the low light of the window on this rainy day, the pale parts look glowy. This will be another plant I'll want to be especially attentive to. She's in a 3 in pot with peat, perlite, bark, granite grit, for now....See MoreHelp with failing Sansevieria trifasciata
Comments (4)I think Sans2014 is probably correct about the sprayer. Water in the crown of the plant is a death wish, in my opinion. If ever you are going to spray a Sans, hold it upside down so the "inside" of the plant is facing the sink, not the sprayer and spray lightly lightly lightly. But my suggestion would be -- simply wipe the leaves down to clean them. It is hard to diagnose without a picture, but overall, your description sounds as if your plant has just had too much water, and too much fussing...but mostly too much water in the wrong places. A pic would really help people to help you save your plant....See MoreAttempted Propagation of Sansevieria trifasciata in wet ziploc bags
Comments (27)Thanks snek lover. I think anyone who has done experimental science is aware of the tendency to outthink doing an experiment. There are always reasons why it "can't" work and it's tempting to predict the outcome in advance. So first year graduate students (everyone actually) has to be constantly reminded to "just do the experiment!" When it comes to technique development, to insist that a new technique must be already better than existing techniques before it has ever been attempted and refined would mean that nothing new would ever be developed.. When I tried this on Streptocarpus, in a way it just seemed like doing something that had already been solved. Going through the motions, nothing more. But I was shocked when I ended up with 300+ plants (I eventually stopped trying) from a single 3.7 x 2.4 inch leaf. It's tempting to decide the outcome in advance. I did this with Streptocarpus, but I was pleasantly surprised. I'll stress again that my goal is not to perfect Sansevieria propagation, and certainly not in advance of ever trying or optimizing a new technique. My main concern is given this new technique, what will it succeed with? Which Begonias, Which Gesneriads, which bulbs, which succulents, and so on. There's no reason Sansevieria should be excluded....See More- 10 years ago
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