That is a nice little plant. I probably would have bought it at the grocery store too! Someone else here can help identify it for you. Please know that plants like this are often not potted in the best growing conditions.

To keep it alive, you'll want to be sure the pot has a hole in it. Actually I find this style pot (ball shaped) tends to hold more water than I like, but it might work ok if it is in a fast-draining potting mix and has a hole. Check out the potting mix under those white rocks to be sure it's a fast-draining mix and not solid, soggy or possibly dried up peat.

Thanks! I looked up images for “Sansevieria” and it looks like it is a Starfish Snake plant. It did come in this pot, without drainage holes and instructions to water 2 ounces once per month. Next week will be one month since I got it and the baby plant is growing quite well.

I could be wrong, but believe correct name is Sansevieria cylindrica var. patula 'Boncel'. (Starfish may be common name - I am not 100% sure).

You could leave young offset there or separate if you wish. But leaving it potted in bowl-like container (single plant or many) could be problematic when time comes to repot - roots are usually quite vigorous - they often crack pot they are in if healthy - and you may have to break that kind of container to get it out.

Rina is correct. This is commonly called a Sansevieria boncel, although eBay sellers and others call it the "starfish" plant. I have several of these. These ARE a cylindrica variation though. I was told -- and so far it has proven correct -- that professional growers use a retardant to keep them small. My own started out about 4-5" tall, but now are about 10-12" tall. I love them anyway, tall or short. They are vigorous growers, so mine are all in plastic pots where they can pup and break the pots if they want. These are good plants to divide, propagate and give away.

Laura

Those instructions are typical when plants are sold in containers without drainage holes. They will work for a while, but are not suitable for long term health of most plants - not only succulents.

If you think of where most succulents grow, and why they are 'succulents', you'll realize that good drainage is very important. Just because you see offset growing well in a month, it doesn't give good picture of overall health of plant - mother or offset.

Containers like that are very nice looking, and much better as décor than a plastic or even many terracotta pots. It is up to you to decide if you want plant to grow to it's best potential, or you want best possible décor - that could possibly decrease plants vitality. (And I am not even considering the extra attention needed by the grower in tracking time and measuring amounts of water - but that may not be a problem if there are just few plants requiring it).

I am not criticizing, everyone should do as they please. Many of us go to quite extremes (and those could be really extreme to some too!) - and that includes supplying 'the best' growing conditions same as not so best, to get results we want.

I tried to follow the 2 ounces of water every month and it is not nearly enough. I believe they just tell you that regime to give you confidence to buy the plant and when it eventually dies because their instructions simply will not keep the plant alive then you have to go to the store and buy another one. Its a self licking ice cream cone

Thanks all. I decided to repot this and found the white stones had some sort of sticky substance holding them together AND to the plant!

My succie (maybe a sedum) came in a preset bowl and it had no hole. It was healthy, had a pup but I eventually had to repot it (due to etiolation and just a halt in growth). Icouldn’t move the tiny pieces of stone, it was completely stuck!! I couldn’t even see the soil. So instead of a repot, I had to behead it. Realized while it looks nice, those stones are a pain in the butt.

Cute plant you got there!

It looks like my S. Boncel or what it looked like before cold damage! ;-)