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Flowering in the wild! Some flowers have a pink hue.
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Note the large flower bracts and the many, closely spaced bracts on the rather long inflorescence peduncle. I'm not a fan of distinguishing the var. pulchra, because I am observing large differences in leaf markings (from just plain green of the var. kirkii to very beautifully marked leaves of the var. pulchra, and anything inbetween) in just one population. Here in its natural habitat in Ancuabe district of Mozambique.
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Close-up of a flower bunch of Sansevieria downsii from the hills of Montepuez in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. This species flowers in the dry season, very unlike most other Sansevieria species. Like other Sansevieria species its flowers open at night.
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Sansevieria pedicellata with fruits in evergreen mountain forest on Mount Muruwere, Mozambique. 1000 m.a.s.
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Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook. Asparagaceae. Also placed in Agavaceae, Convallariaceae, Dracaenaceae, Liliaceae, Ruscaceae. CN: [Malay - Pokok lidah ular, Pokok tanduk], Cylindrical snake plant, African spear, Spear sansevieria. Native of Angola and planted elsewhere as ornamental. Traditionally used for treatment of cuts, sprains, broken bones and boil.Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33043en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansevieria_cylindrica
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Sansevieria stuckyi in the wild on the Makonde plateau in Northern Mozambique.
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The first seedling leaves of Sansevieria burdetti (here from a population from Nampula province, close to Nampula town) are not cylindrical in shape but are quite similar to the first seedling leaves of flat-leaved Sansevieria species..
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Note the many equal-sized bracts on the flower stem. This specimen with green leaves and no specific leaf markings (characteristic of var. kirkii). Here in the undergrowth of a natural forest.
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In the wild in an evergreen forest in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique.
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A flowering Sansevieria scimitariformis, from Manica province in Mozambique. Here in cultivation in my garden. Flowers open late afternoon and are very aromatic at night.
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Large population of Sansevieria fischeri on Mount Maco in northern Mozambique. Here with Obet Jos Baptista. Rhizomes are used to treat a lethal traditional (?) disease characterised by gradual weight loss and the appearance of diverse symptoms like skin diseases and persistant cough. The disease can be transmitted from mother to baby.
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Most flowers are greenish-white, like in the picture. Here on a fossilized coral reef in Mecufi District of Mozambique.
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Sansevieria downsii on rocky hills close to Morrumbala, Zambezia province of Mozambique
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Sansevieria pedicellata at the type location (Musapa Gap = "Garganta de Musapa") in present-day Sussundenga District, Manica Province, Mozambique.
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Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook. Asparagaceae. Also placed in Agavaceae, Convallariaceae, Dracaenaceae, Liliaceae, Ruscaceae. CN: [Malay - Pokok lidah ular, Pokok tanduk], Cylindrical snake plant, African spear, Spear sansevieria. Native of Angola and planted elsewhere as ornamental. Traditionally used for treatment of cuts, sprains, broken bones and boil.Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33043en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansevieria_cylindrica
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Sansevieria burdettii, thusfar only known from one single location in southern Malawi. But it also grows (quite rare) over a large area of northern Mozambique (Cuamba district of Niassa province, close to Nampula town in Nampula province and in Ancuabe district of Cabo Delgado province). Tube-like leaves in 2 rows, with a rather short inflorescence and flowers of at least 4 cm long. A cultivated plant. The plant originated from a wooded hill close to Nampula town.
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Sansevieria scimitariformis on the rocks close to Mount Whenje in Macossa district of Mozambique. With local guide.
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Flowering Sansevieria fischeri in a semi-evergreen forest on Mount Maco in Mozambique.
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Close to the Indian Ocean in Mecufi District of Northern Mozambique.