#dracaena trifasciata

[uzon]

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[travelling-my-little-pony]

Cloud Puff examines a flower on a Mother-In-Laws-Tongue plant (Dracaena trifasciata).

[mental-breakdown-machine]

You'll have to excuse the shitty lighting and also the weird green paint. I moved these into the kitchen to water and was too lazy to move them back for better photos.

I thought I'd post photos and talk about the plants that I was talking about in those other 2 asks a couple days ago.

I don't actually know the name of this plant. This is the really weird funky looking plant that I've had for about 4-ish years.

I got it from Walmart around Christmas time I think, it was very short and had very nice white flowers. It went outside for a brief bit because I thought it died after it was done flowering (clearly it did not) it's gotten very tall and you can kinda see in the photo it's being propped up by an unbroken pair of chopsticks. I really gotta get a different stake for it tho.

Amazing and easy to care for plant. looks nice and grows fast. 9/10

Disocactus anguliger or Fishbone cactus is probably one of my favourite plants I own because it looks very weird. That is usually the driving point of every plant I buy but this one took me like half a year to find.

This one is only about 2(?) years old. As they age and grow Fishbone cacti tend to droop downward, lending it an even more wild look and also making it a good plant if you want to put it in a hanging basket.

Mine is looking particularly strange as it's growing aerial roots right now which could be for two reasons: 1, It's looking for something to climb and latch onto (weird I know, I'll explain in a sec) anyway that's likely.

2, many tropical plants like the Fishbone cactus developed aerial roots to find more water (very likely).

The Fishbone cactus is a tropical plant which means that it requires a lot more water than you would usually give a cactus, mix that with it being a very dry and cold season and me forgetting to water it, it makes sense for the aerial roots to be there.

Final rating 8/10 The plant looks very nice, but may be harder to take care of if you often forget to water your plants as the soil needs to stay at least a little wet.

Dracaena trifasciata or mother in law's tongue? I just call it my snake plant because it is.

This is my oldest plant. I've had it for about 6 years and while I accidentally said it's about 4 feet tall it only about 3 and a half feet tall.

What I love about snake plants is that they require such low levels of light and water it's easy to just forget on a shelf. And if you do forget it, unless it's been a very very long time there's nearly no consequences. I do believe this is the first time I've watered this one in a month.

These plants are definitely my number 1 recommendation to people who haven't taken care of a plant before.

There are actually many different kinds of snake plants. The one I have is probably the most common, but they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, including one (Dracaena masoniana) that I kid you not looks like 1 giant leaf growing out of a pot. I want one desperately.

The care for snake plants are very easy and basically are: 1, keep in indirect light (and no light for a bit but don't forget to bring it out to the sun once in a while) water only when the leafs are bendy and kind of soft to the touch (the soil should be completely dry) and that's pretty much it! This is one of my favourite plants just for how easy it is to take care of!

rating is a 10/10 because it is just so easy to care for and is quite showy when the plant is more full and not the size of a toddler.

uh anyway thanks for coming to my TED talk?

[creativecommonsplants]

Snake Plant by David J. Stang on Wikimedia Commons.

This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 

[rywn8xiong]

Merry Christmas!

This snake plant (Dracaena trifasciata) is flowering during the winter holiday. The elegant flowers exude a delicate fragrance, giving people a sense of peace and harmony. Merry Christmas and Happy New year！I hope everyone enjoy their holidays!

[gfloutdoors]

Dracaena Trifasciata Growth and Care Guide

Dracaena Trifasciata Growth and Care Guide

A timeless classic in many homes, Dracaena Trifasciata, otherwise known as the Snake Plant or Mother-in-Law’s Tongue is a beloved houseplant known for its no-fuss care and beautiful, sword-shaped leaves. Let’s take a closer look at how you can grow and care for the tough and versatile plant. The Snake Plant – An Overview The Snake Plant is quite unusual since it’s one of the few that has…

[andrea-turros]

🌱 Lengua de Suegra o Dracaena trifasciata es una especie del género Dracaena originaria del oeste de África tropical hasta Nigeria y al este de República Democrática del Congo. En el 2017 las especies del género Sansevieria fueron incluidas en el género Dracaena con base en estudios moleculares de su filogenia.​​​ #LenguaDeSuegra #DracaenaTrifasciata #Dracaena #Trifasciata #Prain1903 #Magnoliophyta #Asparagaceae #Asparagales (en Mendoza, Argentina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkL-1TYpuT1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[flowerishness]

Sansevieria trifasciata recently reclassified as Dracaena trifasciata (snake plant)

Snake plants are native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. The stomata on its leaves close during the day and open at night to reduce evaporation. This makes Sansevieria trifasciata drought resistant and in winter it can tolerate two months without water. At this time of year, I give my snake plant a little sip of the wet stuff every two weeks or so but that's only if I remember.

Supposedly, it can be difficult to make snake plants flower but these magnificent specimens, under a skylight in a local shopping mall, are in full bloom. Coincidentally, the one in my living room is flowering too. I'm not surprised, snake plants thrive on neglect. Indeed, you can kill them with kindness - root rot from overwatering is the leading cause of snake plant death.

[pancakeke]

if anyone needs inspo for an oc's alien/monster dong, may I suggest looking at this young snake plant (dracaena trifasciata)

[aquaplant]

Texture shots of this monster plant. I’ve heard this called both a snake plant and a mother-in-laws tongue. So whichever you know it by it’s scientific name is dracaena trifasciata! I think they’re pretty cool.

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Cloud Puff admires the flowers blooming on a Mother-In-Laws-Tongue plant (Dracaena trifasciata).

[coinandcandle]

Houseplant Correspondences

I posted my original houseplant correspondence list not too long ago and I totally forgot to add the rest!

These are my own personal correspondences that I've developed based on the history of these plants as well as my experience with them. Feel free to take what clicks and leave what doesn't! :)

Snake Plant (Dracaena trifasciata) -Inner Strength, Positivity, Silence

Rubber tree (Ficus elastica) -Flexible, Lenient, Support

Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) -Easy going, Care-free, Quick to recover

Coffee Plant (Coffea arabica) - Acceleration, Energetic, Intense

Spider plant (Chlorophytum) -Friendship, Community, Kinship

Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum) -Gentle, Careful, Nurturing

ZZ Plant -Resilient, Independent, Hardy

Monstera (Monstera Deliciosa) -Respect, Honor, Loyalty

Silver Satin (Scindapsus pictus) -Ascending, Growth, Inner light

Air Plant (Tillandsia) -Freedom, Travel, Free Spirit

Jade Plant -Luck, Abundance, Prosperity

Fiddle Leaf Fig (Ficus lyrata) -Slow and Steady, Stillness

Sweetheart Hoya (Hoya kerrii) -Independence, Individualistic, Breaking the mold

English Ivy (Hedera helix) -Protection, Peace, Serenity

String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii) -Love, Romance, Connections

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You can use these plants similar to house you use herbs in magic: pick off leaves or snip off vines. You can also use the energy of the plant (or spirit of the plant, however you prefer to call it) and call upon it for your magic workings.

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These meanings are taken directly from my google doc where I've written the upright and reversed meanings of oracle cards based on these plants! I hope to finish the cards soon so I can show them to y'all <3

[tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors]

Trick or Treat! I am dressed as a sheet ghost with a flower pattern

[hands you an entire potted plant (Dracaena trifasciata)]

[askmadcomcrew]

So you guys don’t really have any plants over there, huh? That’s unfortunate. I could send over this mini Dracaena trifasciata I’ve got, if anyone’s interested? It’s a tough little plant, real hard to kill, I’m sure it’d do just fine in an office or something.

We do have some plants, they are just very rare, and thus very protected.

However, I suppose I can find a place for this somewhere in my lab. It would be nice to have a little more...Life in the place.

[genderfluid-druid]

happy monday evening, i had to confront the mortifying ordeal of self reflection via annual review today at work. so now i am going to detox by talking about my favorite houseplants that look like a five year old drew them.

first up: Clusia rosea a.k.a. autograph tree

this plant grows with absolutely perfect bilateral symmetry. look at that right-left mirroring. she has a space to fill and she is doing so in the most systematic way that a child with undiagnosed autism could come up with. at one point her left branch had fewer leaves than her right branch, at which point her top priority was to grow more leaves on the left branch until they matched perfectly.

10/10 queen of having just learned what geometry is.

second up: Ficus lyrata a.k.a. fiddle leaf fig

for a while i disliked this plant because i thought it looked like a weed, but now i love its big dopey leaves. and here’s the thing, okay, this beaft grows its leaves on almost no petiole (the smaller stalk between the leaf and main stem), so it’s like a stupid great brussel sprout with all its leaves sprouting directly off its trunk.

12/10 the child who drew this has not yet figured out how do branches and is making up the difference with leaf size

third up: Dracaena trifasciata a.k.a. snake plant

what more needs to be said.

13/10 this is the ideal plant body, you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like