Mother-in-Law's Tongue or Snake Plant
Sansevieria, or the Mother-in-Law's Tongue / Snake Plant Is completely indoor and commonly known is a truly remarkable and striking easy care house plant. It belongs to the family Asparagaceae, native to the tropics of West Africa. It's an ever increasingly popular indoor plant and much of this has to do with its near indestructible qualities. However the Snake Plant is also desired for its upright and erect leaf habit which fits in to almost all locations in the home from both traditional to modern day settings. It's bold and clutter free lines make it a very popular and one of the plants of choice for architecture and interior design,.
A lot of people believe the name comes from "Sand Snake", with its cacti like properties and appearance of a rising snake it's not hard to see why. However the plant genus was actually named in 1794 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Thunberg after Raimondo di Sangro (1710-1771),Prince of San Seviero. There are a huge number of different Sansevieria's out there which you may be able to get your hands on (and if you get the chance you really should), however there are only really four you will find easily:
S.trifasciata laurentii (Mother-in-Law's Tongue)
This is the most famous and easily recognized, traditionally it was used as a striking background for smaller plants with flowers or ferny foliage. The modern trend in the average home is to keep the plant separate from others and have it standing bold and alone. On occasion in larger areas it is used in mass to create a fence like effect, this is often seen in public places like restaurants, malls/shopping arcades and coffee shops although larger homes might also adopt elements of this style. Laurentii literally means "three bundles" and this can be seen in the leaf markings of the variety. Each leaf is edged on both sides with solid lines of vertical yellow, in the center there are two different shades of horizontal zig zag green stripes.
The best place to keep this plant is in Ktichen/Washroom or near to wash basin as it absorbs all the harmful gases which is formed in these areas.
The best place to keep this plant is in Ktichen/Washroom or near to wash basin as it absorbs all the harmful gases which is formed in these areas.
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