Sansevieria trifasciata
In similar vein to aspidistra, snake plants are tolerant of a certain degree of neglect. They do not require a great deal of water and also survive well in low light. They are known to be effective in purifying the air, removing toxins and pollutants from the atmosphere.
It has been noted that snake plants have several health benefits, such as relieving headaches and alleviating eye irritation and respiratory problems. In addition, these plants are said to improve concentration and increase productivity. As they remove carbon dioxide from the air and give out oxygen, they are good plants to have in a bedroom.
I discovered Sansevieria Velvet Touchz quite by chance and was intrigued by the brightly coloured tips. I failed to delve into the reasons and found later that the colours are entirely artificial, the leaves having been dipped into paint that resembles velvet when dry. Basically, they are painted ladies!
Other names for Sansevieria include mother-in-law’s tongue, good luck plant and golden bird’s nest. They are toxic to pets – and people - if consumed in large quantities but our animals have got past the chewing plants stage!
They look interesting and are nice and bright, but sad they are painted that way. I suppose they are eye-catching!
ReplyDeleteI think it's just a fashion. I don't know who thought of it.
DeleteAnother fascinating post Janice. When I first started to read it I thought Oh thats a mother in laws tongue plant. I never knew they grew coloured tips. Then I read on. I feel like you do - not really a fan of intefering like that - a bit too artificial for my taste. Love the plant but not with a false painted tip.
ReplyDeleteNo, I wish I had investigated before purchasing them. Too late now!
DeleteI wondered about the colours and thought perhaps they were fabric caps placed on the leaves, it's an interesting look, but does it affect the plant at all? I have a couple of Sanseveria but they have open leaves with a yellow edge, a different variety and they are in the garden. I can't have live plants inside.
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ReplyDeleteI like his physical form better! The details you give about the plant are interesting! Thanks!
I prefer them au naturel, too.
DeleteIt strikes me that those Sansevieria have hired a good PR agent. Surely all plants remove carbon dioxide from the air and give off oxygen!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Gail.
Exactly! Some people will fall for anything.
DeleteI don't like painted plants either and I knew these were fake. Like you, I am conflicted. I don't like mucking around with genes and plants but isn't that what plant breeders do in a less direct manner? The results of such interference are questionable. Hard and tasteless tomatoes that don't get damaged in transit? Fruit that goes from unripe to overripe in two days?
ReplyDelete. . . and straight bananas!
DeletePainting plants is a very strange idea.
ReplyDeleteI won't be going out and looking for some to buy for sure
I do wonder who came up with the idea.
DeleteThe plants do look lovely, I refuse to purchase any plant which has been tampered with, often you can see cactus with coloured flowers stuck on, they are just not for me.
ReplyDeleteIt's a similar thing to injecting tropical fish with artificial colour - quite unnecessary.
DeleteI think this is quite gross...! :(.
ReplyDeleteThe things people do to house plants
to make them more colourful...When
they already have a beauty of there own,
mostly in different shades of green...
My home is 'FULL' of house plants, no
cut flowers, ever..that is also a cruel way
to treat plants, even Monty Don says..If you
cut a flower, you cut it's life in half...! :(
Leave them alone, in fields, hedgerows and
in gardens..enjoy them there..'NOT' cut, placed
in a silly vase on the dinning room windowsill...! :(
Besides cruelty to animals, there is also cruelty to
plants...Remember..they to are living things..!
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George Bernard Shaw was asked why, if he liked flowers so much, he had no cut flowers in his house. He replied that he liked children but didn't cut their heads off and stick them in vases.
DeleteHaHa! Brilliant...! :O).
DeleteAt first glance I found the colors cheerful, like paint brushes tipped with bright paint or a container of crayons. But no, I would never have a sansevieria dressed up like this. We have several sansevierias as they are (so far) not a plant that Cricket bites.
ReplyDeleteI will look more carefully the next time I am taken in.
DeleteI thought you were having us on until I read they are painted.
ReplyDeleteI was the one that was had on . . . should have investigated . . .
DeleteYou know, I've never had a painted plant that has survived, long term.
ReplyDeleteUntil I got these, I'd never had a painted plant. It will be interesting to see how well they survive.
DeleteBonsai is a fascinating art form ... Ya, I do understand the reservations about painting plants. It makes them look less natural.
ReplyDeleteBonsai is a very old tradition. Some specimens are hundreds of years old.
DeleteFunnily enough, we call aspidistras "sanseverias" here ...
ReplyDeleteI'm in two minds about human intervention - on that particular level - in plants too. Those velvet painted tips make me think of the brightly coloured heathers which are for sale each Autumn ... xxx
Yes, they don't look very natural, do they? x x x
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought it was April Fools day come early........
ReplyDeleteWhat a strange idea isn't it?
We really struggle to keep any houseplants in our current home, wrong light/temperature conditions
Alison in Wales x
Very strange idea! x x x
DeleteI'm not sure I like the idea of painting them ...
ReplyDeleteThey do look colourful though.
All the best Jan
Colourful, but slightly odd.
DeleteHi Janice - I'd always had fresh flowers in my mother's room - when she died ... the Nursing Centre gave me a bouquet of painted flowers ... I was very unimpressed!!! I thought they must be humanised ... not sure I'd enjoy them in my home - in fact definitely not! Interesting = thanks .. cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteI was intrigued by them and thought they'd be a point of interest, a talking point in the house. I think one would have done the trick!
ReplyDeleteI think they look like gnome hats. They don't do anything for the plants, just make them look odd. Much prefer the natural undressed plant.
ReplyDeleteI knew they reminded me of something - gnome hats!
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