My best guess is the top picture is Sansevieria trifasciata as well as the bottom picture with a Sans. tri. futura stuck in the mix. Notice the extra wide leaf, common of futura.

Stush

Thanks Stush.

We have different varieties at work, but am not sure of cuttings would produce the same variety... I smh afraid I am addicted... Lol!!

The first one is called black coral; the second I think is S. Tri. Futura.

Beautiful plants!

Just to confirm for your sake, the "black coral" variety is sometimes difficult to come by. So actually your sans aren't just common varieties!

Please ignore the redundant 3rd paragraph folks, forgot to delete it. I hate when I do that!

Thanks, Russ

Thanks for your detailed reply, Russ. I truly appreciate it! The larger one came from Lowe's and the smaller one (with wide leaves) was a Walmart rescue. I will have to write those down and level my plants.

No problem Allison. There are many very experienced collectors here, any one of which can answer your sans questions. Keep us posted on what's happening.

Russ

So now I have this... A powdery stuff on the soil. Ugh!!!

That looks like mold. What did you pot them in?

I agree, a 'fungus bloom' of some sort. Have you repotted recently? Or fertilized with a natural fertilizer like cow manure, blood or bone meal?

Russ

Looks like too much moisture. Try sprinkling sulfur dust around the base. No more watering for a while. Try direct sun. I think it is harmless at this stage. I get this growing seeds and let it dry out.

I used a cactus/succulents mix with perlite. I haven't watered it since I put it in this pot. This is the only plant that is doing this from the ones did that same day. It sits in the bay window in my bedroom where the others are currently in the entrance way.

Now that I think about it, I have been sitting the others on the front porch a few afternoons a week and this one hasn't.

I will have to find some sulfer dust. That won't be a problem around my cat, will it?

So the fresh air the others were getting prevented the mold, good detective work Alli. Sulfur dust would be a good idea as Stush suggested, you might also scrape 1/4" of mix off the surface hoping to remove most of the fuzzy stuff. I think if you set this one outside with the others when you can, it will resolve itself.

Regarding sulfur and toxicity, etc, not knowing anything about it I did a Google search. The following is copied and pasted from Cornell University website. I also noted that lots of 'country folks' are dusting their dogs with it to prevent fleas and ticks.

"Sulfur is known to be of low toxicity, and poses very little if any risk to human and animal health (1, 8). Short-term studies show that sulfur is of very low acute oral toxicity and does not irritate the skin (it has been placed in EPA Toxicity Category IV, the least toxic category, for these effects). Sulfur also is not a skin sensitizer. However, it can cause some eye irritation, dermal toxicity and inhalation hazards (8)."

Russ

Sulfur can cause digestive problems in cats but compared to a lot of other things that you could use, sulfur is mild in comparison to them.

Please use your best judgment on this Alli. The kitty is more important than a darned fungus, obviously!!

Russ

You could use sulfur matches. Just stick them strike side down in the soil. Kitty should not be able to access the sulfur then.