July 8, 2020

Sansevieria | Identification, Characterization & Cultivation

Last Update: 25 July 2020
Sansevieria Masoniana: 
Common name: "Whale Fin", aka "Elephant ear" and "Shark Fin".
Synonym:
Sansevieria "Mason’s Congo" (Pre-2000)
Trade Name:
Sansevieria Masoniana "Congo" and Sansevieria Masoniana "Victoria" (often for leaf cuttings), Sansevieria Masoniana Splendens (used on XL leaf)

Sansevieria Aubrytiana
Common name: "Father-in-law-tongue", sometimes wrongly identified as "Whale Fin" and "Sharks Fin".
Trade name:
Sansevieria Aubrytiana’Jade’, Sansevieria Joboa, Sansevieria Jiboia, Sansevieria Jaboa and Sansevieria Joboia, Sansevieria trifasciata jiboia, Sansevieria aubrytiana "Joboia", Sansevieria "Ayo" and "Hannibal" and "Danish Crown".
Sometimes when sold as "Danish Crown" they are just leaf cuttings.


Sansevieria kirkii
Sansevieria kirkii, synonym "Dracaena pethera" also known as "star sansevieria" is a succulent plant native to Tanzania and the surrounding region in East Africa.

Sansevieria kirkii

Sansevieria trifasciata Hahnii
Pic of Sansevieria trifasciata Hahnii blooming.
"The Sansevieria Trifasciata Varieties" (Stu Cramer, 1986)


Sansevieria trifasciata Hahnii Blooming

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Founder of Houseplants, Work on Better Air and Food for Humanity.

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