It does look like a black coral, judging by the markings, but your pictures all look so pale and overexposed. It really is a much darker plant.

Thank you! I did notice that about the picture - my camera settings got changed accidentally - I will take new pictures soon and share them here with normal exposure. Thank you! Jude

Got a new pic today. Black Coral ? ?

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Yes! Much better. Ithink Black Coral is right.

Thank you very much, Barb.

Anybody else with an opinion, please? To me the plant looks like a S.trifasciata. What exactly is the difference between species and 'Black Coral' cultivar? (I have acquired a plant named 'Black Coral' two years ago and sadly the markings/colors are not different from S.t. That is to say, I think my plant is mistakenly named and I've looked everywhere ever since trying to understand the difference).

Hi Basia,

An easy, albeit slower way to know for sure is to take leaf cuttings of yours, or of a laurentii, or any other trifasciata cultivar, and grow it. Whatever comes up, will be the actual trifasciata. You can, then, compare it.

I used to see trifasciata alongside laurentii in the box stores, but haven't seen one for many years. Now it's just laurentii and zeylanica (which is a questionable name anyway.)

Black Coral seems much darker - and the banding is wider.

Post a picture of yours!

I haven't thought of this method, and yet it is so simple and obvious. I'll try in the future. And here is this doubtful 'Black Coral

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I also think it's black coral, silent seed, it's dark green and has distinctive banding compared to regular trifasciata. Basia, yours looks dark also. Here is my trifasciata, it is from a plant when my son was born 34 years ago.

Below is a picture of zeylanica from the internet

I think zeylanica is just a marketing ploy to get people to think they are purchasing a new cultivar

Nancy,

If yours is over 30 years old, my guess is that it's the "original" trifasciata - and it looks the same as "Zeylanica." Has anyone on here grown leaf cuttings yet? I'm curious to see if they look like "Zeylanica" too?

Basia - yours does look like Black Coral as well.

I actually saw a lot of them at a store today - go figure.

Here is a link to a discussion from several years ago regarding Black Coral, Zeylanica,, etc. You may like to look it over.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/3966883/which-one-is-s-zeylanica

Yes, it is always easier to smuggle a new plant into the house - I am somewhat familiar with the problem :)

Any comment on my alleged 'Black Coral'?

Basia - Yes there's a comment above - that I posted, about yours.

Yes, I have read it and thanks for your interest. I hoped for another opinion from Stush2049 :)

I agree with them. Looks good to me. I some times have trouble my self. When well grown side by side it is obvious but pictures are hard. I got some pictures from my trip to North Carolina a few years back at Danial Stowe Botanical Gardens.

When you see large areas of dark green mixed with the silver-green banding it must be Black Coral. No name tags.

Was at my local nursery and saw some Black Coral in about an eight inch pot for $11. Tempted but passed. They has a large stock of them along with Moonshine which I seldom see sold around here. No names but I knew what they were. Didn't have my phone with me so no pictures. If spring they would have jumped in my cart but thinking where I have to put them made me think twice. Still, maybe a return trip is in order!

I recently saw an interesting sans in local market and passed it by, no place on the windowsills at home. Went back after a week, couldn't resist buying it after all...

Those big sans are more forgiving with out much light. I put mine under a 4 tube LED light on timer for 16 hours on then 8 hrs. off. Total of 60 watts used.

Basia,

What did it look like? (Or, are you referring to the Black Coral from above?)

I'll put a photo of my new sansevieria into another thread :)