Sansevieria Masoniana?? Neato!...........Maryl

Sansevieria longiflora and

Sansevieria spicata (hort: concinna?) tea spoon Sansevieria

Fred

So many sans out there. Can be an exciting quest. Your name doesn't give zone or state/country where you live, can you grow Sans outdoors all year?.......Maryl

PA, so no they have to be inside. I only put a third or so of my Sansevieria outside any given summer.

Fred

You will have an interesting collection when you get finished. It would be nice for both of us if we could leave them outdoors all year wouldn't it? I'm out of room in the house for more to overwinter, so my collection is about finished. Well, maybe a small Hahnii might be squeezed in....You know how that goes...........Maryl

yes, I do LOL! I am very fond on Hahnii, very manageable sized plant. I have: Sansevieria trifaciata hahnii, Golden hahnii, Jade Hahnii and marginated hahnii.
My big guys: Sansevieria trifaciata laurentii, Black coral, S. trifaciata, S. futura and a couple of NOIDs too. My house is small and I've plants crowded around every window most of the year. I have to summer some of them outside (whether I want to or not) just to be able to open the windows LOL! I grow lots of different plants. I have Aspidistra now too. Do you grow Aspidistra?
Fred

Don't grow Aspidistra but know what you are talking about. They also call it the Cast Iron Plant because it's so tough..........If you have a picture of Black Coral Sans would like to see it. Sounds interesting..........Maryl

I think the one on the top is Black Coral? I will take a picture of the one I'm

positive is a Black Coral soon. If interested: you see Bantel's Sensation, Moon Glow and a S. trifasciata laurentii

best I could do with the camera, its a rainy day so it kinda dark. Black Coral

nicer picture of same plant.

A few of my other Sans. too!

Oh, this thread started out as my new Sans, but seams to evolved into a kind of show my collection thread, LOL! Though I did just "rescue a very beat up and dried out Sans. at Lowes today, like I need yet another marginated futura LOL!

very nice collection. I'm being rather lazy as I could look it up in my Sans book, but what is the needle like straight up Sans on the right in your 11th picture? I've seen the ones that fan out that look similar but haven't found one that goes straight up. You probably know what I'm thinking about "straight up" if you too are pressed for space indoors. Fanning outward is a no go in my limited space now, but I like the rounded spike look...........Maryl

Stush, You have a wonderful collection! We are on opposite sides of the state, I'm East of Scranton.
Fred

Maryl, do you mean the S. cylindrical next to the S japonesa?

sans, Lucky you, You get to visit LongWood Gardens many times. Youngstown, OH has a great garden center free to enter. I try to visit once a year. 1-1/2 hrs. from me.

Thanks for the information Fred. It probably is Cylindrical. It's appealing whatever it is.........Maryl

Sans, your cylindrica and black coral make me swoon! Great plants! It's wonderful that you get to enjoy them! Do they have different personalities than your other Sans?

Stush, is that cattle fencing holding up your tall trifasciatas?

Latiauda, never thought about, let me mull that over.

Laticauda,

No, that is just plain fencing and the window box is up against it. Don't recall where it came from.

Mary,

Cylindrical will grow out to have much larger and fan curving stems. Those you see is what I also have. Just the tips cut off and planted in that planted. A few years ago they were commonly sold at Lowes' and once rooted and start to sprout, many more spikes will appear.

Stush

My cylindrical has put out one pup this summer! So the process begins.

since this thread started out as my new sans. I'll add a few more.

In the top picture, is that a baby "scilla" (Ledebouria socialis)? And maybe two random sedum-type leaves in the other part of the pot?

I do that too; use bigger, established plants to root little pieces of succulents. It seems to work better sometimes...rather than trying to set up some perfect microclimate and keping it not too wet and not too dry...and not forgetting about it. Ha!

Most recently I did this with Ornithogalum caudatum/longibracteatum. (So I just found out that this plant, too, has undergone a serious name change since I was last hip to the nomen-clature [did you see what I did there? I punned culture with the word nomenclature, okay, maybe I'm not that funny..but I thought it was pretty good])

CORRECTION: most recently, I did this with Albuca bracteata. Now...tthat's one that is actually easier but I feel like it's just not going to stick to my brain grapes.

lol, I have no Idea what those tag alongs are nor where they came from! That little guy is
a pup that I am deliberately under potting to see If I can keep it smaller than it would other wise grow. good idea about "companion" planting! (though companion planting means something entirely different to gardeners LOL)

Sans, you never answered me : "Latiauda, never thought about, let me mull that over"

personalities: yes and no. Mostly they just like to hangout. A few like my Golden Hahnii are more fussy about cultural things. But everyone seams to get along, LOL! (I tend not to do companion planting, every body are basically stand alone plantings)

Yeah, I know some Sans are really rude and will stick out a rhizome to put in another's pot! I've seen it!

Do you think the hahnii are more fussy because they don't use as much water since they don't have as much chlorophyll? I've always heard they were more difficult so always stayed away from hahnii due to fear (of killing a plant). I've always wondered WHAT exactly it is that makes them so fussy.

hummmmmm? I think they are more sensitive to dampness and maybe less cold tolerant than the S. trifasciata laurentii. On the moisture, guessing here, less plant uses less water?????? The standard S. Trifasciata hahnii are less picky than the Golden Hahnii so my be the chlorophyll is a determining factor. Speaking of sticking out a rhizome there is a thread on this very thing over in the Sans forum.

So how do you like planting sans in orchid pots? :/

actually I just did plant one of my Sans in an orchid terracotta pot to see how well it works!

Laticauda is that a futura ?

That's the same squiggly/twisty one from the other pictures.

I know you planted it in an orchid pot, I thought you did cos you saw me post this on one of your threads...maybe or was one of my threads.

Oops, must be sleepy I did not read the question right. New answer: yes it looks nice! LOL

So that means you like it a lot!