I agree with Planto,
And sooner or later, the one on the left will start to look more like it when they root and send up rizomes of their own.
Stush

Actually, the cylindrica on the far right is an example of S. cylindrica 'Skyline'. When it begins to pup, the leaves will be in pairs or singles, much narrower than 'Skyline', and not at all in a single plane as pictured (like you are holding your hand straight up with fingers extended). I have seen 'skyline' with as many as 11 leaves, but I'm sure it can get more.
The cylindricas pictured on the left, are named S. cylindrica var. cylindrica. This is the most common variety. All the individual leaves are most likely connected by a single rhizome. They look great! With free root run, this species can reach 2 meters with leaf stems as big around as your wrist.
I have pictured here a cylindrica 'Skyline; that has thrown up 3 normal pups. The Skyline plant continues to increase leaves all in the same plane. Skyline was a variety introduced about 10 years ago from greenhouses in Costa Rica. It is now RARELY seen for sale, if ever, as it needed special growing conditions and the pups do not look like the mother.

There are only 2 varieties of cylindrica. One is the variety cylindrica, and the second is variety patula. Patula has leaves that are 2-ranked and weep or droop considerably. I only have the attached picture of a patula that is variegated - but you get the idea. Perhaps someone here has a better picture.

Wow! Thanks to everyone for sharing yourÃÂ Sansevieria knowledge. So interesting.

For whatever reason, the "in-line" Sans pics came mostly from northern European sites where cylindrica was marketed as a choice of "straight, fan, or braid".

And I really didn't think there was a supplier for decorative artificial vertical S cylindrica leaves - yet :)

I saved the following article almost 9 years ago for questions just like yours. The braided plants you referred to are totally artificial and are now somewhat common in bigbox stores. Young cylindrica leaves are very compliant.
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Sansevieria cylindrica Skyline
Date: 01/01/2006
Its striking appearance makes Sansevieria cylindrica âÂÂSkylineâ stand out from the norm! This exceptionally trendy plant is all set to entice interest from a wide audience especially as its ornamental value makes it perfect for the modern home.

Sansevieria cylindrica âÂÂSkylineâ got its name as the result of a competition in a major Dutch national newspaper. Many of its grey-green leaves are grooved and striped! The long dark, green grooves run the length of leaf and the dark green stripes, horizontally. Each leaf is 3cm thick and arranged as part of a fan shape, pointing straight up. As a consequence the plant is faintly reminiscent of the worldâÂÂs most famous skyline (New York), with overtones of a cockscomb. In short, a real conversation piece.ÃÂ
In 2004 Sansevieria cylindrica âÂÂSkylineâ (vbn code 26211) was proclaimed by FloraHolland to be the most promising novelty of the year. However, at the time there were too few of these plants to create a real breakthrough with the general public. In 2005 around 25,000 specimens of this cultivar were sold and the real breakthrough is forecast for 2006, when several hundreds of thousands will be available.
Sansevieria cylindrica âÂÂSkylineâ is a low maintenance plant. It only needs watering once every three weeks and thrives at room temperature and doesnâÂÂt mind the sun either. However, it dislikes too much water and cold temperatures. Sansevieria cylindrica âÂÂSkylineâ can flower. The plant will be available in 2006 in pot sizes 13, 15 and 24 cm and in heights of 30, 60/70 and 70/90 cm respectively. The plant is supplied with a stick pin with information about it.

Michaela is an extremely knowledgable person here on Sans from extensive reading and from personal growing experience!!! He is a great guy and a wealth of information!

I respectfully (and humbly!) disagree only with one statement in that I think your photo above left is indeed leaf cuttngs stuck in pots. I have not seen them for a while, but I had seen them sold like this before. Each leaf eventually throws up one or more little pups but I don't think they grew like that. However, I have never seen S. cylindrical cylindrical in person just S. cylindrical patula.

This one started out as several leaf cuttings. I have had it a couple of years. It certainly looks different now. I didn't expect it to splay out to the side. A fun experiment to watch it grow.

can anyone I d this one

Are those leaf cuttings in the first picture? If so, I'd suspect S. cylindrica.

Planto

This post was edited by plantomaniac08 on Wed, Oct 22, 14 at 23:08

HI plantomaniac08
I'm not sure , I got this one back in 2010 before I had a camera, it was in a 4'' pot and all connected . I repotted it in a six inch pot and that is how it grew

Richard

Richard,
When you say connected, are you referring to the original five leaves (as displayed in the first picture)? If all five original leaves were connected to each other, that doesn't sound like leaf cuttings to me.

If you scroll up some in this post, there's a picture that michaela posted. It is of S. cylindrica 'Skyline' Did it look like that when you first got it (ignore the babies in the picture and focus on the "Mama" plant). I mean, was it connected like 'Mama' looks in that picture, but buried under the soil?

Planto

I'd like to share my S. cylindrical. I got it in Feb 2013, braided with 3 little pups. I would divide them, except everything is growing so well. I hate to mess with something that's not broken.
If you notice the red yarn at the top, the elastic holding the braid together broke a year ago, and I replaced it with what I had on hand at the time. My husband likes the braid, so I kept it tied up so he could enjoy it.
Lennie

Here's a close up of the braid and some of the pups. I started with 3 and now have 4. One of the pups has three leaves, the others have 2. I think they are beautiful.
It sits on the table, it is a south facing window. My house has eaves, so it doesn't get too sunny. Plus we get many cloudy days, winter and summer lake effect.

Lennie

HI Planto
yes the original plant were connected not individual. like the original post. that is what caught my eye.I have others like the original on the right to.

Richard

Richard,
Oh ok. Well, in that case, I'm not sure what you have there. It's possible that it is S. cylindrica, but without seeing the whole plant (where they connect, like how it connects), I can't positively say. Sorry.

Planto

Glad this has turned into a more general thread. Fantastic pics and all very interesting and informative.

By the way would anyone comment on, or point to a link detailing, the relative ease of care for the many cylindrical types out there?

Here are SOME names noticed (mostly) in the forum archives here associated with "cylindrical" Sans comments (apologies for the probable errors, duplicates, aliases, varieties, and hybrids - and haven't seen pics for many to be sure of form - said I was a newbie).

• cylindrica cylindrica

• cylindrica desertii

• cylindrica ehrenbergii

• cylindrica patula

• cylindrica rorida

• cylindrica skyline

• ballyi

• canaliculata

• caulescens

• fernwood

• fischeri

• midnight star

• phillipsiae

• rhodesiana

• schweinfurthii

• singularis

• stuckyi(i)

• suffruticosa

• sulcata (bacularis, mikado)

Thanks.

I recently bought a Sans from Ikea (pic linked), that looks like a miniature of a cylindrica. Is it just small at the moment, or this is the normal size of it?

My plant's leaf tips are somewhat dry, like the ones on lme5537's pic. Is that normal?
Does it need even less watering until pups form?

Here is a link that might be useful:

Just for the record
I repotted mama and there was five individual plants with pups.

Richard

MsGreenFinger,
That doesn't look like S. cylindrica to me (at least not the one I'm used to seeing), but whatever Sans that is, it's gorgeous!

Richard,
Wow!

Planto