Sansevieria or M-i-L's Tongue...

[rich p]

I've had this plant for 22 years and it's now decided to flower for the first time. It makes all thoise years of neglect seem worthwhile.
It's nascent at the mo but, don't worry, I'll keep you updated as it burgeons....

 

[Crackle]

Oooh, this is going to be exciting.....

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Two of the forums great horticulturists, Crackle and Rich.

 

[Crackle]

Two of the forums great horticulturists, Crackle and Rich.

Can you do a leaf count for us?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Can you do a leaf count for us?

Since moving house my leaf availability has been seriously reduced. The only tree in my garden has already decided to rid itself of all leafage. Most disappointing.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Paintwork needs a bit of attention

 

[vernon]

I've had this plant for 22 years and it's now decided to flower for the first time. It makes all thoise years of neglect seem worthwhile.
It's nascent at the mo but, don't worry, I'll keep you updated as it burgeons....

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You haven't been playing U2 or Phil Collins albums end to end have you?

Sansevieria plants are like a lot of houseplants in that they thrive on a little neglect. A mother-in-laws tongue plant will produce a flower stalk when it is mildly and continually stressed.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Paintwork needs a bit of attention

We could watch it dry, could it be any worse...

 

[vernon]

We could watch it dry, could it be any worse...

This 595.5 hour long video.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I was thinking a Gary Moore solo @vernon tho they are better than phil collins..

 

[Dave 123]

@rich p
You could propagate from it then give a plant to all the lovely folk on here...

 

[rich p]

@rich p
You could propagate from it then give a plant to all the lovely folk on here...

I have done so a few times Dave. This is the mother of many baby mothers-in-law, so to speak

 

[rich p]

Since moving house my leaf availability has been seriously reduced. The only tree in my garden has already decided to rid itself of all leafage. Most disappointing.

Perhaps you could do it on a non-drop Christmas tree.
Counting the leaves on that should shut you up for, say, about 596.5 hours.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Perhaps you could do it on a non-drop Christmas tree.
Counting the leaves on that should shut you up for, say, about 596.5 hours.

I was thinking a thread on how many small individual sellotape strips from a hand held dispenser it would take to wrap Christmas presents would be a good topic.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm not getting too excited about the thought of that just yet. This is my afternoon's watching

I reckon @rich p could get a flower to grow from that traffic cone.