My story : I have what I think is Goldiana-very dark green and very yellow margins. It thrived by a hot sunny window for a couple of years reaching well over 3'. Then wifey thought it would look great in front room far from bright light. My fault I said ok. In about a month,it started shedding leaves and getting floppy. I put it back by the window. That was a over a year ago and it still hasnt the vigor. The roots really must have collapsed badly in the dim and not drying out with simple watering. Just a warning.

This is a beautiful and widely available cv. It is however problematical. It needs VERY CONTROLLED WATERING and demands warmth and bright light. It apparently does well in a light garden. Mine from Home Depot rotted away after a single watering. The plant was already wet and in a peat based soil when purchased. I should have let it dry out completely and then repotted it. It rotted even though it had an extensive root system. It requires careful, controlled husbandry and I have learned that once it starts to rot you can't stop it. I have not seen it in either Lowe's, Home Depot or Wal*Mart in Tucson Arizona but it does appear at certain times of the year in Louisville, KY and obviously elsewhere. Read all the comments on this cv. on this Garden Web forum. Michael D. Barclay baropera@gmail.com

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.

Personally, I don't like to call something invasive unless it is on an invasive species list for the area in question. However, I understand people might use the term "invasive" more loosely to describe anything that grows more aggressively than they might want it to. Not every problematic plant is on an official invasive species list. Plus, certain plants can be a problem in specific places and not a problem in other places. Different states have different invasive species lists. It has been a while since I've gone looking but I think I've seen different lists for different counties, too. You can try Googling invasive Sansevieria California to see what you get. Maybe you will find an official invasive species list for your state or county. I'm not anywhere near southern California so I can't say much about how the plant in question will behave for you. Hopefully some other southern California residents will reply.