Gorgeous! I love the mottled color on the leaves. There are so many different types of Sans I love seeing ones that are new to me. Awesome score!

Thanks, shannykin. I am pretty impressed with it. It has the "mansoniana" look but was under $20.

Very pretty. :-)

Question if you all could help me! When I plant this in soil, should I plant it as deep as where I could see the white portion ends? Do you think that is it was planted before it came to me?

Think I saw that on ebay a couple weeks ago, that seller has awesome Sans,

Yes, I think you should plant it that deep, you need to plant it pretty deep to keep it stable too but if there is some white stem it will green up with sunlight. I've had trouble with big cut pieces because you need a large pot because of the height, but then the soil medium in the large pot dries out slower which can lead to rot, so hard to water so the roots get wet but not overall too wet.

Theres also some good selection on mercari they had bantel's for 13$, and Yellowstone and manolin for 25$. I'm going to try to get the yellowstone and manolin asap, already got one of the bantel's. Sometimes I go to Glass House Works and just stare longingly at all the varieties lol. Has anyone ever ordered from them? The selection and price are awesome.

robert567, thank you for the info! And you are probably right about this seller. This seller has some beautiful specimens. In fact, I've been looking at his other items and there are two others I am considering.

I agree that finding the right pot can be a challenge. I bought a dark terra cotta Deroma pot today and I am going to see if it will work. I was thinking the contrast would be nice. I also have a really nice tall clay pot but it has attached saucer and those often cause problems for me being able to gauge how well the water drains out. I will post some new pics once I get it settled.

shannykin, I believe Glass House Works has a good reputation amongst buyers. I have seen some unboxing videos on youtube and the plants look good.

Popmama, this is an uncommon sans grown only by collectors, so enjoy growing it. It can grow to 5 feet but probably 3+ in home conditions.

I've had this species for 20 years and find it as tough and easy to grow as any sans. It comes from the area of Busiro in Uganda according to Juan Chahinian's book on species, and being a species it will propagate true from leaf cuttings. This would make good trading material with anyone interested in collecting sansevierias.

On planting depth, this was an offset that arose from deep down in the pot. If you potted it with some of the white area exposed, it will turn green with time as Robert said. Good observations on pot size there too. Big pot, too much soil, better chance of rotting the cutting.

Russ, Thank you so much for the detailed information about dawei! I was really pleasantly surprised when I received it. It seems to be doing ok in my house for now. I will probably put it outside in the summer which I'm sure it will appreciate more. I lost the smallest of the leaves shortly after potting up. It dried up so I cut it off. He seems a little shrively right now, probably thirsty. I try not to overwater my sans and I think sometimes I end up underwatering them.

I had never even considered trading material! But I will definitely keep that in mind. In the past I didn't have much to offer in trades so I didn't do much trading. But I am now exploring that open frontier!

Well, in a world of people "collecting" variegated Albos and Aureas and pretty plants with in-your-face pink, red, and orange leaves, sans dawei is the poor homely girl at the party waiting for a dance. So trading opportunities might be limited to folks interested sansevierias specifically, or seriously collecting them. For those people, dawei should be a real jewel because it is so uncommon.

If it's shriveled a bit, misting and very light occasional watering would be in order. I knew an old-time sans collector lady in California who never watered in the winter. And I don't think Hollywood winters are even cold. Some collectors think that is a bit extreme, but just shows how tough sans are regarding water.

Well count me among those who adore sans. I wish I had more space for them. But they like a lot of light and in my home, there are limited spaces with good light. When I got this one, I really did feel like I got a treasure. The mansoniana whale fin sansevierias sell for high price and yet, I think this one is just as lovely!

I just gave it a good drink! I usually water them through and then don't water again for weeks.

There are many uncommon sans that are small and don't take up as much prime real estate on window sills or near windows. You might be interested in the concinna group, which are also called 'spoon leaved sans' because their petioles are very thin and narrow with leaf blades that flare out similar to a spoon. A few have really cool names, like sp. 'Sudwalla Caves', or sp. 'Lake Sibaya'. The former has attractive purple-red petioles. .

Very pretty. I like its departure from the typical snaky-looking markings.

Popmama, I just realized I posted all those off subject pics on your dawei thread, so I apologize and have deleted them.

I was outside today and noticed my old dawei pot produced a big offset that went out thru a bottom drain hole into the ground. I never noticed that it has a purple mottled leaf sheath just like masoniana. I guess yours didn't show the color because it was underground.

Dawei, whole plant

That is so cool. I love how it grew outside of the pot! Take that pot! You cannot "contain" me!

Look for this purple leaf sheath on your next new leaf, it's very pretty and I've read that masoniana is the only sans that has it. Apparently not.

Russ, My Sansevieria Sulcata also produces those red/purple leaf sheath.

Like masoniana does this one (dawei) only produce up to 3 leaves to a node or growing point? Main reason I gifted my masoniana. I love the ones that produce many leaves to a growing point. Another reason I an looking to replace my S. Siam Silver with S. Sayuri which look almost the same.

Stush! Oh I am still trying to figure out how to differentiate between Siam Silver and Sayuri. We should start a whole thread about that. I see a lot of shops selling what is labeled as Sayuri and I am dubious that they really are.

Hey Stush, I've seen the purple sheath on Sulcata too. Yes, dawei only produces 2 or 3 leaves per plant. So not exactly a pretty rosette but size and width of leaves are impressive, and it's very uncommon.

Popmama, personally I think Siam Silver and Sayuri are just renamings of Manolyn. I've never grown Sayuri so I'm reluctant to say that but it looks exactly like Manolyn to me. The only difference between Manolyn and Siam Silver was the latter was touted as rust-free. I have it from two different sources and it gets rust just as bad as Manolyn, so I've concluded that some seller renamed Manolyn to sell it as something new.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Sayuri is supposed to be from Aubrytiana, which is hard to believe since it's identical to Manolyn, which is a metallica variety. I'd sure like someone to root a leaf cutting of Sayuri and see what comes up. I'm betting on metallica, not Aubrytiana. And that would settle the mystery.

Russ,

I have both Sansevieria aubrytiana (Jaboa) 'Lauren' and Sansevieria aubrytiana (Sayuri) 'Yellow Stone', which to me look exactly alike but one has many leaves to a node while the other 4 to 5 which is way more then S. metallica. I started a leaf cutting on Yellow Stone but after a month, no results to see.

I was just given a two leaf rhizome cutting of Sayuri but it looks exactly like my Siam Silver. I have seen some one's (here) who got a Sayuri with many leaves to a node so there is a difference.

I do believe there are some who feel there is no difference and sale under Sayuri. So buyer be ware.

Popmama,

Good Idea! Lets do it.

My dawei today. He's looking a little puckered because it's winter here and sometimes I forget to water the sans. They are definitely happier in the summer when they can be outside. The pup has grown a lot and the biggest leaf seems to get wider all the time!