|
|
Post by Granny Smith on May 11, 2013 9:02:12 GMT -5
I've grown Sanseveria (aka: Mother-in-Law's Tongue, Snake Plant, Cast Iron Plant) for decades (not the same one). I have a large one in the livingroom. They're very good at cleaning the air, seldom need water, and they're easy to grow.
I was watering it this morning, since it's been about 3 months since I watered it, and noticed something weird in the middle of one of the groups of leaves. On further investigation, I saw it was a flower bud! I've never seen one bloom. In fact, I didn't even know they bloomed. I can hardly wait to see what it looks like when it opens!
|
|
|
|
Post by Valerie on May 11, 2013 13:27:51 GMT -5
My mom used to have snake plant when I was a kid. I didn't know they bloomed, either! Take a pic when it happens, if you can!
|
|
|
|
Post by Granny Smith on May 11, 2013 13:50:09 GMT -5
I'll take one if I can figure out how to use my camera. I don't know why they don't make them all so they work the same.
|
|
|
|
Post by joanfromzone6 on May 11, 2013 17:15:29 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Granny Smith on May 11, 2013 18:07:44 GMT -5
From Joan's article~
"Many people who have grown Sansevieria for years have never seen it flower because they are ‘too good’ to it."
That expains why mine is blooming. I water it only 3 or 4 times a year. (now you know why I have trouble growing houseplants)
I saw pictures of the fruit (it's red or orange, berry-like, and, like the blooms, rarely happen on indoor plants), but couldn't find out if the fruit was edible or not. The one 'guess' I found guessed it wasn't. (not that I'm going to eat it anyway)
|
|
|
|
Post by joanfromzone6 on May 11, 2013 21:57:01 GMT -5
i doubt fruit from one plant will make a whole lot of jelly -
|
|
|
|
Post by eyeofthestorm on May 12, 2013 6:52:50 GMT -5
I think that's kind of a pretty blossom.
I was a little confused at first. When I was growing up, we never called snake plant "mother-in-law" plant. We called diffenbachia that....http://www.mediahex.com/Dieffenbachia . I have killed both kinds of plants. It would seem that my nurturing abilities are limited -- I did fine with houseplants until I had children. Since then, any houseplants just...die.
|
|
|
|
Post by Valerie on May 12, 2013 11:16:27 GMT -5
My mom had tons of houseplants. I truly tried when I got married, really I did. When the pothos in the bathroom died (supposedly an impossibility) I gave up. My mom had pothos that grew like weeds. One had to have been 30 ft long. It was in a big pot on the floor, grew almost to the ceiling, then wrapped around a huge picture frame a couple times. She had split leaf philodendrons and dumb cane and African violets and hordes of Christmas cactuses. Matter of fact, she still has a good number of houseplants, but now she has a kitty, too, so the plants are gradually going by the wayside as the cat eats them.
|
|
|
|
Post by Cyngbaeld on May 12, 2013 14:30:02 GMT -5
I gave up on houseplants because the fire ants come into the house and make nests in the pots. Kills the plants.
|
|
|
|
Post by Granny Smith on May 12, 2013 19:30:03 GMT -5
Valerie, I can grow all the plants your mom had, as well as spider plant, most succulents, and (oddly) geraniums. I've even had geraniums bloom all winter in the house.
Most of that list can either be ignored for months on end or put in a bowl of water to use as they need it. It's the ones that need water every week or two I can't grow. I forget until they look dead (and usually are)
|
|
