Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange
Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [snake-plants]

Common, low maintenance houseplants formerly known as Sansevieria now reclassified to Dracaena. Also known as mother-in-law's tongue. Use this with questions about care, propagation and identification of snake plants.

27 questions
13
votes
2 answers

Chuck the plant - am I ill?

My name's Chuck, and I'm a plant. Bamboo tells me I'm a Sansevieria trifasciata laurentii, also known as "Mother in Law's Tongue" or "Snake Plant" (see other question here). I live indoor with my human flatmate. I think I may have some health…
Mena
  • 297
  • 2
  • 7
7
votes
3 answers

What to do with the damaged leaves of the Snake Plant (Sansevieria)?

I planted my Snake plant today and chose the best from the bunch. However, some of the tips has either dried off or damaged by some other means. I am posting some pics for better understanding: Cut the whole leaf from the bottom or…
4-K
  • 3,117
  • 10
  • 42
  • 61
5
votes
1 answer

Dead flies around my Sansevieria

I have what I think is a Sansevieria trifasciata for about 3 months. It has been always in my room and this week I moved to a different apartment. Since I moved in to this new room, I've been finding every day some dozens of dead small flies on the…
pn_
  • 53
  • 4
5
votes
1 answer

What type of Sansevieria is this?

Does anyone know what type of Sansevieria is this? The foliage looks like Sansevieria Cylindrica, but I have only seen starfish shape or straight-up shape before. The layering of foliage looks a bit like Haworthia Fasciata.
Thurein
  • 153
  • 4
5
votes
1 answer

Do snake plants (Sansevieria) stop growing if their tips get damaged or broken?

I heard on a video on Youtube that a snake plant (Sansevieria) will stop growing if it loses its leaf tips or if the tips gets brown or broken. Is this true? Many of the tips of my Snake plant are either broken or brown. Is there anything I can do…
4-K
  • 3,117
  • 10
  • 42
  • 61
4
votes
1 answer

How is variegation returned to a Sansevieria laurentii?

I've read in several places that propagation from clippings, will result in the Sansevieria laurentii variety reverting to solid green leaves and shoots. Most articles say that propagation by division, is the only way to maintain variegation, as…
LOlliffe
  • 143
  • 5
4
votes
3 answers

What is wrong with my Mother-in-Law's Tongue/ Snake Plant?

It's been more than one month since I planted this Mother-in-Law's Tongue/Snake Plant. It was fine in the first few weeks. I had put it near my Wi-fi where less light reached it. It was doing fine until I noticed that a stem (leaf?) died, and I…
4-K
  • 3,117
  • 10
  • 42
  • 61
3
votes
1 answer

Is there any way to recover drooped/folded leaves?

My snake plant is drooping because of the lack of sunlight. I'm going to revive it by moving the pot, but do I have to cut very folded/drooped leaves? They are bent from the middle of the leaf. Any way to recover those leaves without cutting them? I…
Fredi
  • 33
  • 2
3
votes
1 answer

Is it helpful to add coffee grounds to a droopy mother-in-law's tongue?

I have a mother-in-law's tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata, that's getting a bit yellow and slightly droopy. A friend recommended that I add some coffee grounds to the soil, which I've been doing, but I'm worried that the grounds are making the soil…
Morella Almånd
  • 515
  • 1
  • 6
  • 10
2
votes
1 answer

Snake plant new growth

Why is the new growth on my snake plant losing color. I have one in garden soil and the other in potting mix. The older leaves color remain vibrant but the new leaves are not. They are on my balcony where they receive indirect sunlight.
DBS
  • 21
  • 1
2
votes
2 answers

Sansevieria (Snake Plant) mother plant dyeing after new rhizome bud

I have had this Sansevieria for three years. It had a new rhizome bud about three months ago and I waited for it to get bigger and then remove it from mother plant. In the last two weeks the leaves of mother plant are suddenly getting yellow and…
Sadegh Ghasemi
  • 151
  • 3
2
votes
1 answer

Sansevieria laurentii snake plant

My plant is not growing straight up. It seems to spreading. I know these type of plants grown straight up and tall. What could be the cause of this? I water once a week. Its near a bright window. I use soil and perlite.
Joycelyn Mullins
  • 61
  • 1
2
votes
2 answers

Snake Plant decayed after propagation

Just to let everyone know in beginning what happen to whole plant - IT DIED Now how this happen, I had Sansevieria trifasciata with green Center and yellow edges, It had 3 pups and that plant started to become too big for that Plastic pot. So I did…
OmiPenguin
  • 792
  • 3
  • 15
2
votes
3 answers

What is the Name of this Plant and is it succulent or Sansevieria

I bought this plant from Ikea atleast 2 months back, and shifted it to a slightly bigger pot and now i see new "leaves" are starting to come. But what is the name of this plant and category
OmiPenguin
  • 792
  • 3
  • 15
2
votes
1 answer

Is my Sanseveria dying?

I'm new at gardening. I think I have over watered my Sansevieria. I don't know what to do. I've removed it from the pot, but I'm not sure if I should immediately repot it in a new soil. The longer leaves on the side are turning half yellow from…
lina
  • 23
  • 2
1
2