Cactusmama, I can't tell from the pics, do you know what species is this? The offsets crawling out of the pot with such long runners is unusual, I'm wondering if the reason is the indoor situation in lower light. S. parva has these long runners but leaves seem to be too wide to be that species.

Russ

It was labelled as s. Parva at the nursery and matches the photos I've seen online - maybe the angle of the photo is making the leaves look wider? The leaves are fairly slender, very thin compared to the leaves of my s. Hahnii. However I am sure it would appreciate more light either way - I live in the Pacific Northwest and we haven't had much sun yet this year, and I haven't been able to afford a decent grow light system yet.

Thanks for your comment :)

Yes, they do grow fast. Seems like I can see them growing. Mine isn't out the pot yet, so I appreciate your photo. I know what I'll be seeing in the near future!

No need to apologize! I'm actually not experienced at all - I'm pretty young & just starting out, but I spend a lot of time researching and have a lot of plants to learn from - my room is practically a jungle. I always appreciate advice :)

Would you recommend separating them for the health of the plants, or would it be just as good to leave them together? I imagine they will outgrow the current pot once both pups have matured.

Also, is there any reason a Sans would die after pupping? I recently bought a pot of s. Cylindrica, and when I repotted I found it was three mature pups, all still attached to a dead stump in the middle which used to be the mother plant.

Hi, thanks for the personal info on experience. I'm not sure I understand when you said 'leave them together', the offsets running out of the pot will need their own pot at some point. I guess you could just leave them alone but they'll be developing long roots trailing down looking for soil, which might be a little ugly.

Your plant doesn't look overpotted, so you could cut the offsets once they get roots a bit longer, and plant them in the pot with 'mama' if it's not too rootbound. That said, you might find there are other offset 'runners' winding around in the pot under the soil, which would make it a little crowded. That could be the reason these offsets came out of the soil and ended up going over edges of the pot. You might dig in the soil mix and see if that's the case. Let me know what you find, if anything.

Regarding the old stump you found when repotting the cylindrica, that plant probably just got so old, leaves eventually turned yellow and either fell off or were taken off. Mature sans do decline after flowering, but it takes years and years, and they continue to produce offsets.

I'm curious, what other sans do you have?

Russ

Thanks for the info! These are my first sans pups so I wasn't sure what to expect from them as they mature. It sounds like it would be best to repot them, so I will plan on doing that when they are each ready :)

I don't have a ton - I have this S. Parva, an s. Cylindrica, an S. Fasciata, and an S. Hahnii which is beginning to pup as well. I am very fond of them so I'm always on the lookout for new ones! I also have a variety of other succulents and houseplants.

I repotted my s. Parva into gritty mix when I got it a few months ago, and at the time I only saw two pups - the small one you see now was not yet poking out of the soil. I am also curious whether it has produced any more - I'll post an update here when I find out!

Thanks for all the great advice, I really appreciate it!

I'd be interested in seeing a pic of your fasciata, if and when you could get around to it. It's a fairly uncommon plant among new growers, so it's an extraordinary one for your collection.

I have a large collection of sans and have multiple plants of many since I love propagating plants in general. Email me if you'd like my sans list, if I have extras of your choices I'll be happy to send for price of postage,

bluesea14808@yahoo.com

Russ

Wow, thanks for the offer! That is so generous - I may take you up on that.

I will post a pic later today - I will warn you that I'm just going off the nursery label for that one and haven't done much research myself - I wasn't aware that it was a rare one, so I'll be curious to find out if you think it is actually a fasciata... I did a quick Google search and found tons of pictures, some of which match my plant and some of which don't. I guess we will see!

Fasciata isn't rare, but it is uncommon in households other than those of more serious growers and collectors of sansevierias. Is there a nursery in your area selling unusual sans? If so, you're lucky, none around here at all. Folks in California have the best access, lots of nurseries there have rare sans and some even specialize in them.

ID's aren't easy from pics, but looking forward to seeing your fasciata.

Russ

Here it is! I've done some more research and nothing conclusive... I got it from my local nursery, but a lot of the nurseries in my area seem to have a decent selection of Sansevieria. I'm on the west coast but not in CA.

Cactusmama- It looks similar to my Sans

Cactusmama, this isn't fasciata. I'm fairly certain it's a trifasciata type called Futura Robusta. It has the same coloring and banding as the regular species trifasciata, which GreenLarry has, but is much shorter and has wider leaves.

Names of sansevierias are really messed up, so you'll see this in postings as Black Robusta and a few other names, but officially it is Futura Robusta.

I don't know if you've propagated sans leaves before, but this plant will propagate true from leaf cuttings. So will your parva and cylindrica. This isn't always the case with cultivars or any sans with variegation. Species and hybrids without variegation will always propagate true from leaves, leaves with variegation will produce plants without the variegation or sometimes an albino plant if it arises from the variegated tissue. This plant will not live if cut from the parent leaf since it has no chlorophyll to make food.

Trifasciata cultivars are weird, some propagate true, others produce something different. For example, leaves of the silver-leaved Futura Moonshine produces your plant, Futura Robusta. But Silver Queen, the tall, full-size version of the shorter Moonshine, propagates true from leaf cuttings. Mother Nature is sometimes a strange lady!

Incidentally, there is a species sans called S. robusta. Robusta with capital 'R' means your trifasciata cultivar, lower case 'r' indicates the species robusta.

Russ

Interesting info Russ!