I repotted some of my small Sansevieria yesterday, and made some observations that I thought I'd share.

S. sp. 'kenya spoon leaf dwarf' is a small plant for me - maybe 4" tall, with spoon shaped leaves. It grows robustly (each new growth has over 10 leaves), and each growth is quick (once it breaks the surface). It isn't the quickest to send out new growths, and took a year or two before it started to grow for me. I repotted it, and found that the soil was probably holding too much moisture for it, so I added a lot of pumice to the mix. The rhizomes on this little plant are amazing - they are MUCH thicker than I expected. The thickest was just over an INCH in diameter. I have a lot of new shoots that should break the soil line this winter - it will finally look great in its pot.

S. sp 'Wananga Station'. I've been growing this for years, and it always looked a bit gangly. It sends its runners up in the air, and it never really was a full pot. I took 4 of my small plants and potted them together - now it looks better. The Sansevieria that grow the long airial shoots look best (to me) when they are grown thickly.

S. sufruitcosa - This looks an awful lot like S. sp. 'Wananga Station' and S. sp. 'ballyii' to me, but the runners aren't as long for me. These have been growing really strongly from small starts I got from Arid Lands Greenhouses (in Arizona), and desperatly needed a larger pot. I now have a 10" pot filled with these, and they don't look too crowded anymore (but they will in 1 more year).

I recieved a 'mystery leaf' earlier this year that had three or four tiny hair roots that I potted in straight pumice. I water it almost every day (pumice doesn't hold much water, and I accidentally knocked it off the bench yesterday. It is sending out a GIANT runner - over 1/2" thick, from the base of the leaf. I don't expect it to break the surface until mid-winter or early spring (1 year form the original cutting), but it almost looks like it will be a mature plant judging my the size of this runner. This is a narrow, flat leaf variety that was sent with no name in one of my trades. Time will tell if this is something I'll keep growing, but the roots look interesting ;^)

Thought I'd share these rambling observations.

Joe 'rambling as usual' DeRosa