Sansevieria plants make a great ornamental, low-maintenance house or office plants, even though they might not seem as appealing as other plants. The best thing about the Sansevieria, however, is the fact that you can choose from a variety of about 70 or so species as well as multiple cultivar varieties. Here are some popular types:
Sansevieria Trifasciata
The common name for the Sansevieria trifasciata is the snake plant because of the snake-like appearance of the leaves. It is also referred to as the Viper’s Bowstring Hemp or Mother-in-law’s tongue plant.
It can grow in conditions of low light and with little amount of water and it is a low maintenance plant. The plant is a great air purifier, which helps clean the air in your house or office of toxins. There are many varieties to choose from including Black Gold Superba, Hahnii, Silver Queen, Whitney, Laurentii. It is also mildly toxic to house pets such as cats and dogs if ingested.
Sansevieria Robusta
Commonly referred to as the Robusta snake plant, it has short, stiff, variegated leaves with dark and light green color variance lines cutting across horizontally. It grows best in the shade and can survive well with sporadic watering.
Sansevieria ‘Fernwood’ Mikado
The Sansevieria mikado is almost indestructible and suitable for people who love separate modern forms. Small in stature with bundles of unique dark, cylindrical leaves that look like spikes.
Sansevieria Metallica
A very rare Sansieveria. Very interesting marbled silver variegation adorn the long swordlike leaves. The leaves have a tall, slender and metallic appearance, from where it derives its name. It can grow in low light and with low watering but does not survive well in extremely low temperature.
Sansevieria ‘Ayo Crown’
The most noticeable thing about Sansevieria ‘Ayo Crown’ is that the leaves have a red edge to them and they are all growing in a perfect clockwise spiral. It has about 4 or 5 leaves that grow around each other in an open, crown-like appearance. It can reach height of up to 50 cm.
Sansevieria zeylanica
Sansevieria zeylanica is one of the tallest species with more of a light silver-green with darker cross bands or mottling of the leaf. It’s low maintenance and should be watered about once a month in winter.
Sansevieria Aubrytiana
“Father-in-law Tongue” – Large tall glossy gray green strap leaf blades held in close clumps to emphasize their pale bands of spots and blotches. Intolerant of any chill. It is a low maintenance ornamental plant with a fairly strong and quite distinct scent.
Sansevieria Bacularis
It is a perennial stemless succulent plant with one, sometimes two thin cylindrical upstanding slender leaves up to 1.7 metres tall, but only 12 mm in diameter, and quite stiff in good light conditions. New growth has a purple sheath at the base. Very slow-growing and tolerates a wide range of conditions. A great container plant that needs little care.
Sansevieria cylindrica
Sansevieria cylindrica is a very striking succulent with striped, round leaves. They are smooth and green-gray in color. A single leaf is up to 1.2 inches (3 cm) in diameter and grows up to 7 feet (2.1 m) tall.
This plant grows fan-shaped, with its stiff leaves growing from a basal rosette. If grown in bright light it can produce a up to 3 feet (90 cm) spike-like raceme of pink-budded, white flowers.
