Ohhh...looks like Silver Laurentii! Nice plant...I'm a novice at propagating and only have 1 successful in soil, and 1 in water.

For the one in soil, I put the broken leaf in the same pot as the mother plant and let it go. It didn't take long to root; maybe a little over a month. It got the same water and light. I haven't yet rooted any on their own, in their own little container.

The 1 I rooted in water took less time. It's in a Styrofoam cup in about an inch of tap water that I change about once a week.

Never tried this but I'm guessing treat like a succulent, which sans technically is. That is, allow the end to callous over and plant in moist, not wet soil. Will the new plants lose the variegation or is that just a myth?

You have had better luck than me. I want this plant to continue, even if it reverts to something different. There is still some new growth on what is still in the pot. I'm going to put it in a smaller pot. That little fella on the right has taken a year to pop up. The one on the left grew that tall after it had broken during shipping.

I plant my sans leaves in Turface fines, but you could use any fines…..grit, pumice etc. I don't use organic soil when I am trying to root a san leaf….just inorganic material. You could root it in pure perlite, as long as you can get the leaf to stand up in it -- hehe. I have read A LOT on GW about propagation….but from Rina, I learned to put these leaves in something non-organic and DON'T WATER at all. She says -- if they don't have roots, they don't need water; they will GROW roots, and then you can water. She has been right. MOST of my attempts have rooted -- not all, but most. And -- you don't go pulling them out of the pots either….just let them sit out of the sun and do their thing. It could take 2 months, 4 months, or more.

The one I'm proud of is a solitary leaf from a Sansevieria Boncel. Last year, I bought a very mature plant and repotted it….and then one day, I tipped it over. In doing so, I broke off a healthy leaf, so I repotted again….and put that single leaf into Turface fines….no water, no nothing. That was in early February. Three days ago, I spotted a tiny pup peeking out of the Turface. There are no real "roots" on the plant yet -- but there IS a small rhizome growing from the bottom of that leaf. So -- he got potted into my sans mix -- but I won't water for another week or two…let that puppy stretch a bit. Don't forget -- if you cut a long leaf, always plant with the top portion of the leaf facing upward, or it can't root….even with 5 segments, the upper portion of the leaf faces upward. Good luck -- it's a beautiful cutting with lovely coloration that you have.

What happened that you had to cut that long leaf? Silver Laurentii is a pretty one. Your shorter leaf is the same size of 1 I rooted. Stick it right in with the plant it broke from. Both of these broke during shipping. I'm told they will revert to regular trifasciata. They haven't grown out yet though.