Hi Linda,

WHICH Sans do you want to see blooming? With the trifasciata Hahniii (dwarf) forms, there is little chance. I have never seen a photo or read about it.

As for the others, that depends. As a rule of thumb, you need bright light, temperatures above 20°C and enough but not too much water. And TIME of course.

Helli

I have the Trifasciata Laurentil, Moonshine, and Zeylanica. I think..I looked up pictures on the Internet and have deducted that these are the plants I have.

I have had the Laurential for years. Just bought the Zeyanica and the Moonshine. I am thinking that the Moonshine will be the first to bloom if I can get it to..It just looks like it wants to bloom. Next the Zeylanica. I water them sparingly, and they have their own plant light. Too cold to put them outside. I wasn't planning on putting them outside anyway because I do not want to bring any insect pests into the house.

Can they be forced to bloom with Bloom boasting plant food?

these are my S. hargeisana pics
enjoy...

I don't think you said where you are located, or what your climate is. I think this is the wrong time of year to force blooming, not sure but believe they're mostly summer bloomers.

Also, these are primarily foliage plants. I suspect if you've got your heart set on blooming them it may not be so easy, but of course you sure can try.

Ow sorry, I live in Jakarta, Indonesia.
A tropical country.
I will check in my PC of my WSG, subspicata and Sudwall Caves's flower pics.
If I found them, I will post them later :)

I am in Zone 7 United States Upper Middle Alabama. I could put the Sanservieria outside in summer It starts getting pretty WARM and humid here in April. Winters are usually mild 40 50 degrees, sometimes freezing at night. We did have 2 weeks of freezing this year.
I really want to keep them in the house all the time because we have BUGS out there that I do not want in my house or my plants. I think I will leave them alone for a few months. I have read a lot about these and found that they thrive off little attention. I have the pot size and soil right verses my research. Then after a few months I will try to force a bloom with a bloom boosting plant food.

I am grateful for the help, thank you

Mine are all out in the yard. I never had any bloom until I planted them in the yard. Plant them in the ground, leave them alone and they should bloom once they are established. I'm 9b, usually hot and humid but this year we had almost 40 hours of freezing in 3 days. Seems they bloom later in the summer, not so much in the spring.
Tally HO!

Well it is Winter here and they are flowering now. Six different at a time. They don't have enough light, and the temps, stay above 55. Each species may be different depending where the orginated in nature for centuries, they are programed, I find mine must fill the pot first, I feertilize the in the Spring and each month there after, and water like crazy until Sept 1l Norma

They flower on new growth that hasn't flowered previously.
They need consistant watering not here and there nor in the winter, and deep watering when it gets hot, they muust dri out before water again, they need regular fertilizer, like once a week, liquid nox, for flowring or Rose 2-1 or Osmoicote 9 months, I have never seen a bug on any of mine , nor has any other grower. I live in Calif. zone 9-10 depending on the year, I'm on a zone border. Hope this information has been of help, thank you, Norma

Flowering, where you live I wouldn't think anything is needed. The right soil, the right temperatures, the right about of sun, they need all of the right flowering conditions, then they will flower: age, the right size of pot, they need to be mature adult plants, at Kew
Gardens, some didn't flower for 20 years. Check and see what species you have then trace where it grew in the wild that will be your clue. Many are very different then their cousins, and you must be patient. Don't kill them with love. Norma