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Giving your snake plant too much water can cause the leaves to fall over. "In severe cases, the leaf tissue will start to die and rot," says Justin Hancock, horticulturist for Costa Farms.
Dracaena trifasciata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. It is most commonly known as the snake plant, Saint George's sword, mother-in-law's tongue, and viper's bowstring hemp, among other names. [2] Until 2017, it was known under the synonym Sansevieria ...
Local medicinal uses of S. speciosus include snakebite treatment. The plant has also been used as arrow poison . [ 5 ] As with other species of Strophanthus it contains the cardiac glycoside strophanthin - plants of allied genera contain similar compounds.
According to feng shui, because the leaves of sansevierias grow upwards, the plants can be used for feng shui purposes. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Some believe that having sansevierias near children helps reduce coarseness, although care must be taken to ensure the child cannot reach the plant's poisonous leaves. [ 24 ]
Good news: “Snake plants are fairly resistant to pests,” Margareta tells us, however they can occasionally fall victim to common household plant invaders like spider mites, gnats, and mealybugs.
A snake plant left on top of a filing cabinet in an office cubicle far from a window won’t need watering as much as the same plant set in front of a sunny, southern-facing window. Tips for ...
Rhinacanthus nasutus, commonly known as snake jasmine, [2] is a plant native to tropical Asia and the western Indian Ocean. It is a slender, erect, branched, somewhat hairy shrub 1–2 m in height. The leaves are oblong, 4–10 cm in length, and narrowed and pointed at both ends.
Additionally, the tips of a snake plant's leaves may turn brown when it's dehydrated, a condition called scorch. "This happens when the roots do not have enough water to absorb from the soil ...