Sansevierias

I was given two pots of sansevieria recently. Sansevieria is also commonly known as the snake plant, Saint George's sword, mother-in-law's tongue, and viper's bowstring hemp.

My friend assured me that they are easy to care for. Just give them some water once or twice a week, he said. In each pot, there were four to five plants grown very closely together. They look a bit crowded.

A month later, I noticed that in one of the pots, one of the plants was in a bad way. I didn’t know what happened. Maybe I gave it too much water, or maybe there was not enough space in the pot. Whatever it was, I needed to do something. I pulled out the plants, ditched the dying plant, separated the rest, and gave them each a new home.

Here are the re-potted plants. It’s been two months now and they seemed to have settled in nicely and have grown new leaves since. So, that is good.

Sansevieria plants are reported to be able to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide using the ‘crassulacean acid metabolism process’. “The microscopic pores on the plant's leaves, called the stomata, and used to exchange gases, are opened only at night to prevent water from escaping via evaporation in the hot sun.”

Sansevierias are mostly used as ornamental plants. They are also popular houseplants, due to their ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide, and they are easy to care. They can survive with very little water and sun.

There are many cultivars of sansevieria. They differ in their variegated foliage with some having yellow or silvery-white stripes on the leaf margins.

Although sansevieria does bloom, I have never seen one that blooms. I guess they do not bloom very often. You can click on the picture for a better view.

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