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Sansevieria pinguicula

22 years ago

This plant is in a six inch pot, from my local Cactus & Succulent Society. I believe the last four Sans I have picked up there are from the same person. When you are buying through the society plant sales it is kind of annoymous unless you track growers down, asking 7 or 8 people whose plant it is. But the same gravel has been on top, and the plant is in a 6 inch pot, no matter the size of the plant.

Handsome little fellow

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Comments (11)

  • 22 years ago

    I so want one of these! Nice plant.

  • 22 years ago

    This is another on my most wanted wish list. Very good looking sans, lucky you! - Elaine

  • 22 years ago

    Cena- what do the leaf tips look like on this plant? I have an Agave that looks very, very similar. I posted on C&S looking for an ID, and another poster put a picture of her Agave (or not) up...it looked a lot like mine, but had a solid thin white dry margin along each leaf where mine had a slightly toothed dry margin... Anyhow, your plant looks much like mine, but even more like hers. Her plant must actually be a Sans (though I'm almost sure mine isn't). I did an image search and found a pinguicula image that also looked just like her plant, but I thought hers had those typical Agave needle-tips on the leaves. (No one ID'd either her or my plant, btw!) Does your plant have leaf tips that could be mistaken for Agave? Maybe hers just looked like Agaves' because they were dried out a bit.

  • 22 years ago

    Not exactly sure what you mean by "typical Agave needle-tips" but these leaves are stiff enough, and pointy enough to jam right in there and leave you bleeding. It is a very stiff and coarse leaf, capable of doing someone 'to death' if no other personal weapon was at hand.

    I don't grow agaves any more, to big, to territorial! There is no serration anywhere on this leaf. Nor does the leaf narrow distinctly to a point in this fashion. Well, no brackets here... it went to a parenthasis, then to a carrot, so you know where the bracket is on your keyboard.

    It is a symetrical skinny triangle shape that ends sharply.

    That pic was taken in bad lighting. Perhaps I can wend my way through the wall of boxes and move it to better light for a better pic, today. Not sure if it will answer your question though.

  • 22 years ago

    Though I mainly collect Sansevierias I do have a small collection of Agave and I would never think of pinguicula to be agave-like. Its leaves are so plump & chunky. Beautiful plant Cena, thats a real handsome specimen. Wait till it pups & sprouts legs & starts "walking away"!

  • 22 years ago

    It's certainly not like a typical Agave. I'll post my Agave to show what I mean:

    The plant looks a little paler than it is; there was direct sun on it + the flash was activated (but it's not an art shot, so...) This Agave stays small (9-10") and although it doesn't show in the picture, the leaves are very thick and fat. They will be even more so as it warms up and I start to give the plant more water. When it's actively growing, the outside leaves will open up a bit more and be in a wider angle from the upward growing point.
    When I posted a pic of this asking for an ID, another person put up a picture of a similar-looking plant. Hers had smooth light edges to the leaves rather than serrated ones like mine. Hers had very sharp tips, but not the dark points mine has, of a different-looking material than the rest of the leaves. In retrospect, I think she may have had this Sans rather than an Agave, but no one on C&S pinned it down at the time.
    Cool plant, Cena!

  • 22 years ago

    Thank you for posting your picture, Cena. I have had one for about two and a half years, since I bought it at a C&S plant show and sale in Austin. I was told it was a Sans, but either forgot or was not told the variety.

    Now I know!
    Elsie

  • 22 years ago

    Wow, what a nice sized plant.
    I just bought a small one today and will post it shortly.
    Just happy to get it no matter what size.

    Ellie

  • 22 years ago

    Guess who has decided to have babies this Spring?!?!?

    Two little guys, waving out in the air on either side. They don't look like much yet, and aren't plump at all, but hey, we're getting there. As soon as they seem to resemble something I will get pictures.

  • 22 years ago

    Sansevieria pinguicula has been on my shopping list for a while now. Looking at yours re-enforces my "want"

  • 22 years ago

    The babies photos are now up! The post slightly above, will date their actual 'birthday'.

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