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Common, low maintenance houseplants formerly known as Sansevieria now reclassified to Dracaena. Also known as mother-in-law's tongue. Use this with questions about care, propagation and identification of snake plants.

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Chuck the plant - am I ill?

My name's Chuck, and I'm a plant. Bamboo tells me I'm a Sansevieria trifasciata laurentii, also known as "Mother in Law's Tongue" or "Snake Plant" (see other question here). I live indoor with my human flatmate. I think I may have some health…
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What to do with the damaged leaves of the Snake Plant (Sansevieria)?

I planted my Snake plant today and chose the best from the bunch. However, some of the tips has either dried off or damaged by some other means. I am posting some pics for better understanding: Cut the whole leaf from the bottom or…
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Dead flies around my Sansevieria

I have what I think is a Sansevieria trifasciata for about 3 months. It has been always in my room and this week I moved to a different apartment. Since I moved in to this new room, I've been finding every day some dozens of dead small flies on the…
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How is variegation returned to a Sansevieria laurentii?

I've read in several places that propagation from clippings, will result in the Sansevieria laurentii variety reverting to solid green leaves and shoots. Most articles say that propagation by division, is the only way to maintain variegation, as…
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What type of Sansevieria is this?

Does anyone know what type of Sansevieria is this? The foliage looks like Sansevieria Cylindrica, but I have only seen starfish shape or straight-up shape before. The layering of foliage looks a bit like Haworthia Fasciata.
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Do snake plants (Sansevieria) stop growing if their tips get damaged or broken?

I heard on a video on Youtube that a snake plant (Sansevieria) will stop growing if it loses its leaf tips or if the tips gets brown or broken. Is this true? Many of the tips of my Snake plant are either broken or brown. Is there anything I can do…
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What is wrong with my Mother-in-Law's Tongue/ Snake Plant?

It's been more than one month since I planted this Mother-in-Law's Tongue/Snake Plant. It was fine in the first few weeks. I had put it near my Wi-fi where less light reached it. It was doing fine until I noticed that a stem (leaf?) died, and I…
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Question Repotting Sansevieria (Mother-In-Law's Tounge)

I was repotting some Sansevieria (Mother-In-Law's Tongue) for my mother. I'm not very familiar with the plant, though, and I'm not sure how deep to repot it. I repotted one bunch where the junction of the leaves at the base was right above the…
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Sansevieria disease

Anyone know what is happening to this sansevieria (dracaena trifasciata)?
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Why are my snake plant leaves falling over immediately after repotting?

I repotted my snake plant the other day, from 12 in pot to 13 in pot, using succulent soil. I haven't watered it yet. The leaves are spreading and the larger ones on the outside are falling over and it did this immediately. I have them loosely…
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Propagation of Sansevieria – Is My Cutting Going to Succeed?

I accidentally broke a leaf off my Dracaena trifasciata 'Laurentii' (Sansevieria) while repotting it. So, I decided to try propagating it. I let the leaf dry and callous for four weeks before planting it in a small pot with appropriate soil for a…
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Id of this sansevieria

Can anyone specify the id of this sansevieria? This one has strong and quite thick leaves about 100 cm long. I don't know if it is the normal length,as it was placed indoors receiving no sunlight.
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Sansevieria laurentii snake plant

My plant is not growing straight up. It seems to spreading. I know these type of plants grown straight up and tall. What could be the cause of this? I water once a week. Its near a bright window. I use soil and perlite.
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Snake Plant decayed after propagation

Just to let everyone know in beginning what happen to whole plant - IT DIED Now how this happen, I had Sansevieria trifasciata with green Center and yellow edges, It had 3 pups and that plant started to become too big for that Plastic pot. So I did…
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Is there any way to recover drooped/folded leaves?

My snake plant is drooping because of the lack of sunlight. I'm going to revive it by moving the pot, but do I have to cut very folded/drooped leaves? They are bent from the middle of the leaf. Any way to recover those leaves without cutting them? I…
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