It wouldn't have liked being wet in the pot, though we don't know for sure how long it was wet for.

I would just cut it right back and pot up in any good potting mix. Don't over-complicate things. Water it in, then water only as needed, which probably won't be often.

I'm not sure what it would have thought about being washed with dishwashing detergent. I think plain water might have been better. But it's probably willing to forgive you.

: )

Thank you. I'll pot up the rhizomes and see what happens. Carewise, I only know that the previous owner was not having luck with it. As for the detergent, I used barely enough that it was slippery as some of the leaves were greasy possibly from being kept in the kitchen.

I had this same issue. tried to root the rhizones in water and they got mushy. i cut the bottom part of the stem off over half way up, let them callous over than put them in water. they have grown roots and now i am just waiting for them to grow a little longer and then decide if i want them in soil or lecca

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You would have done better in pure perlite. Only kept moist not wet. Stem cuttings will produce all green normal plants. Could have dusted the roots with Rootone to help re-establish roots.

If mine. I would plant up the plants in good cactus mix soil and spray the leaves often to keep moist. No water for the plant for maybe a week and then only a little. You may have to use sticks to help hold the leaves upright till they start to take up the moisture.

What happens is if over wet, the roots rot and the plant can't take up water and the plant dehydrates and then some one thinks they need more water.

There was no holding up the leaves without taping them to a wall so they're now 4" (10cm) stumps. The ones on the 2 rhizomes are firm-ish so I think they'll eventually root as long as I let it dry out before watering. I have a couple of leaves and one with maybe a tiny bit of rhizome in a jar of water so I can keep a close eye on it for signs of growth (or rot). I know that whatever grows from the leaves will be green though not sure what it will revert to. There's a leaf bud on the right stem that I'm hoping will grow.

Many people are sure that Sayuri is the same plant as Siam Silver ('Tenzan'). Ture that they look exactly alike but big difference is Sayuri develops more than 3 leaves to a node. Siam Silver most has two leaves and some times three. They are different species of Sansevieria. Cuttings of Sayuri should produce regular S. aubrytiana.

Update: The 2 potted rhizomes seem to be doing fine as there is now a green leaf bud on each stump. The leaf with a possible bit of rhizome in water rotted.; expected since it did not look so good to begin with. Many of the leaf cuttings are rooting in water, so I'll soon be seeing what the reversion looks like.

@Eve N, reversion looks like this (Aubrytiana). Pic is old from this post (https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6199502/help-us-to-tell-the-difference-between-s-sayuri-and-s-siam-silver). They grow waay tooo slow compared to the others. Good luck with them. : )

And after reading that thread I'll also have to wait and see if this is actually Sayuri or Siam Silver.

@Eve N, here's another to show the revert patterning/coloration up close.

That’s interesting! Looks nothing like the mother plant.

Actually, 'Siam Silver' is a cultivar of S.metallica, not S.aubrytiana. A leaf cutting produces a plant exactly like species metallica (green leaf, slight markings, rather glossy). One big difference between aubrytiana and metallica is color of the rhizome (metallica is bright orange, aubrytiana is white). The two species are often confused in trade. I don't know anything about differences between 'Siam Silver' and 'Sayuri', I grow something bought as 'Siam Silver': one rosette has two leaves, two others have four leaves each. I believe that nowadays it is accepted that two names are synonymous. Coming back to original question, I have had success with rooting a rootless plant in water, but it was S.'Mutomo' and S.' Silver Blue'. Currently I am applying the same technique to S.trifasciata 'Black Gold' and it does not seem to work as well. I rooted two sansevierias in mixture of normal soil and lava. Many persons like to root in pure and slightly wet perlite. So, there is no one correct solution.

Very insightful. I found this labeled Sayuri

at a local garden center $12. Couldn't pass up

I'm having problem with what I thought might be Bantel's Sensation. (In pot)

It now looks like this....I over watered it.

I rinsed & lightly trimmed roots. There wasn't much...potted in dry perlite mix but top of plant looking worse. It's going fast. I hoped I could grow in water but sounds like it would rot. Need fast help please.

You can try doing what I did and hope for the best. Cut away all the mushy bits until you just have firm rhizome. Let it sit out to dry for a few days before potting up in perlite or mix. I had a bit more rhizome to work with though. One piece I had was similar to yours with the roots and barely any rhizome but continued to rot in water. Maybe potting up will make a difference. Good luck!

Keep warm and dry. Stem and pieces are no good. If rooted will not produce Bantal. Plant section with rhizome in perlite but add no water till a week. Then just a bit to moisten mix. Let fully dry again and repeat until you see some growth. Then mix in cactus mix with more perlite added. If it is kept warm and sunny, they can enjoy a lot of water. Once rot sets in it spreads like wild fire in moist soil.

Just an update. Seems the Sayuri is a Siam Silver with just 2-3 leaves per growth. It's sitting in a ESE window and about 5" tall. Hopefully the bright light will keep it fairly compact. And still only roots on the leaf cuttings.

I was gifted a Sayuri and so I am gifting out all my Siam Silver. I am cutting the leaves in half due to extreme high cost of shipping. Would be about $10 compared to over $20. In a year should have new leaves to fill back in.

Anybody wants any for just postage, message me.