How to grow Snake Plant

Sansevieria trifasciata

Ideal for indoor use this succulent that grows sword like long greenish gray leaves with bright yellow edges. They can stand a dark corner or will be happy with indirect light from a window. In the indoor environment will rarely produce fragrant white to greenish blooms. Sansevieria trisfaciata is extremely drought tolerant so wait until soil has dried out before watering. Tolerates low water, root bound, and low feeding.

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Snake plant Etymology

Called a “snake plant” because of the shape of it’s leaves, and called a “mother-in-law’s tongue” because of their sharpness.

This plant is commonly named “viper’s bowstring hemp” because it is one of the sources for plant fibers used to make bowstrings.1

Snake plant Folklore & Trivia

In Haitian Vodou and Yoruba mythology, due to its bladelike shape, it is commonly associated with Ogum, the deity of war (usually associated with Saint George), and is used in rituals to remove the evil eye. A yellow-tipped variant is known as espada-de-santa-barbara (sword-of-saint-barbara), and is associated with Iansan/Oya, the female deity of storms (usually associated with the sword-bearing image of Saint Barbara).


Like some other members of its genus, S. trifasciata yields bowstring hemp, a strong plant fiber once used to make bowstrings.

Other names for Snake plant

Mother in law's tongue, Snake Grass, Magic Sword. Viper's bowstring hemp

Sansevieria laurentii, Sansevieria craigii, Sansevieria jacquinii

Misspellings: Mother-in-law's Tongue, Motherinlaw, Mother in Law

Footnotes

1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansevieria_trifasciata


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