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Are you thinking of growing indoor plants? If so, you may want to start with snake plants since they are virtually impossible to kill. The only way you kill them is by planting them in a container without drainage holes or using a soil mix that drains poorly. In either case, standing water will cause their roots to rot.
snake plants you typically see are no more than three feet tall, there are 70 Sansevieria species and some of them grow up to 12 feet. There is also a dwarf , first spotted as a mutation in a Louisiana nursery, that grows only eight inches tall. It serves admirably as a spreading ground cover for large interior planters but is apparently a sterile cultivar since it has never been observed in bloom. The most commonly seen type is Sanseveiria trifasicata var.
I am writing about snake plants after receiving a communication from George Fischer, who gardens in Hemet, as follows: “My Sansevieria put out one flower stalk last year and is now sporting three of them. I have no idea why it bloomed last year, but this year it may have been affected by my watering pattern. The pot is about one foot in diameter and is jammed with plants.
Another condition for Sansevieria flowering which is met in Mr. Fischer’s case is the dense growth of his specimen, a crowded clump that entirely fills a 12-inch diameter container. He thus has fulfilled another important requirement for snakeplant flowering which is stress brought on by crowding. Stressed plants are more likely to bloom than unstressed plants since the former receive a signal that their continued health is in jeopardy and they better flower now to ensure their survival.
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