[...Hey ya guys, I had been after one of these Sansevieria Trifasciata for a few years now. However, most specimens I had seen were out of my price range, so I left it until I could afford one. I was at the hospital last week and I saw a one on the reception windowsill. It looked a bit worse for ware, so I asked the receptionist to move it to a sunnier windowsill. We started talking and I mentioned I could never afford one.She offered a segment of it for me to take home. I was thrilled! Now, the poor thing really isn't in a great shape, but I can see a new leaf shooting up through the centre, so for now, I am happy it is progressing! Can somebody enlighten me on how to look after it? What soil mixtures does it like? Does it water through its roots, or the centre like Gusmanias? Can it take full sun? How deep should I plant it? Things like that! Thank you for your time as always guys!]

Pia,
Welcome. I wish you were in the US. It would be easy to send you some. The key is to not overwater it. They like to be on the dry side during the winter months. When it warms up, you can increase the watering. They like fast draining soil like cactus mix or orchid mix and then add prelite and some gravel to give it ballast to hold itself down.
What you got looks good so far. They don't need a lot of sun just bright light would do.
The plant you got looks like Sansevieria trifasciata Laurentii. They could grow to 48" tall. Below some of mine. They are Furtua Mix

There are so many Varieties of this plant, with new growth you know you are doing something right.

Nice photos, I especially like to see these plants in terra-cotta pots. A great plant for low light areas, too!

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Newbie sans collector, please ID?

Spitz,
I don't own those three in top row. Last one is a brom.... (poor speller). My friends can easily ID these. The last one looks like Sansevieria cylindrical. Those are stem cuttings planted together and once rooted, they will grow out of that container. They can get large in time. If you want names for the top 4, give me some time to look then up. Most of mine are in the S. trifasciata group which I have 30 different kind and 13 of the other species.
I have seen those top ones on EBay several times. I consul myself that I can not own one of every kind there is.




I am now taking my plants outside and repictureing them. Hope frost is all over.
Stush

Spitz ~ first photo, first plant on left is probably S. Fischeri formerly called S. singularis http://www.glasshouseworks.com...

The third from the left appears to be S. Francisii http://botanicalgrowers-store....

The fourth is in the bromeliad family and known as Cryptanthus commonly called an earth star. But you probably knew that and know which one also.

The second photo in your post is indeed a S. cylindrica but it would be difficult to know exactly which one.

Glad to have you join us on All Things Plants.

Thanks for the IDs, I got a new one yesterday from the same store, the one on the extreme right. Almost all white, looks like a haworthia but the leaves are tough like sansevieria. No luck with google. Will post close up pics later.

Sans or something else?

I don't think it's a Sans.

Could be haworthia? But when i look at the leaf tips closely, they resemble the third plant from the left, same stiffness and browning on the tips. Got this for about $1 in Manila.

I'm thinking neither. The leaf tips are similar to an agave maybe?

Also the edges of the leaves seem to be rougher, more like an aloe or a hybrid cross.

Can you describe the feel and texture of the leaf stalk?

Lighter color may be due to lighting exposure. Just a thought....

Very tough, feels like the third sans on the top pic. Almost like a cheap plastic plant

Very tough but smooth, and the tips are very similar to the other sans, not thorny like agave.

What about some type of Aloe?

Upon closer inspection, the leaf edges do have very tiny spines in regular intervals.

In my limited Sansevieria experience, I think the leaf edges and the lack of banding indicate that it is not a Sansevieria. I have never seen a Sans without the marked leaves. Even the Sans cylindrical is distinctly marked. Perhaps someone else can set me straight on this.

I don't know what it is, but I do not believe it is a Sansevieria. Sorry.

Starting to think it's a haworthia, at 3 inches tall it already has 3 offsets so this must be an adult right?

Spitz,
That looks like some sort of Agave. I've seen one similar labeled Agave geminiflora, but I don't believe that's the species you have. The characteristic "spikes" on the ends point in the direction of an Agave to me.

Planto

This would be the tiniest agave ive ever seen haha
Here in the Philippines, every other house seems to have all the sans trifasciata varieties. All the flat-leaf sans including the bird's nest varieties grow like weeds, regardless of the torrential rains and humidity. That's why I only collect the cyclindrica / tubular varieties - the other varieties are just too common.