Sansevieria, not common but not rare either. One of the better ones as it a quite attractive variation from the commonplace varieties but still easy to care for like the commonplace varieties. Go over to the sansevieria forum and ask around. It is familiar enough that someone will identify it quickly.

Stush, I do see what you mean by opening a can of worms. I wouldn't have thought plants could be so... subjective. Granted, I do remember reading somewhere how two plants (exactly the same with regard to species, etc) could be placed in two different environments and end up looking different overtime, so I think I can understand where the worms come from. *phew* Thanks for looking online for me, you were able to find more than I was able to come across. After looking at 'Futura Superba' online just now, a website (not sure if it's "valid") stated that it's a hybrid between S. trifasciata 'Laurentii' and a hahnii. That would make sense to me as the leaves are wider than I'm used to seeing on a Sans 'laurentii', but not quite tall enough to be a Compacta (at least from looking online, Compacta looks taller than a hahnii). I learned something today, apparently Futura refers to "medium height" (generally?). Thanks for sparking further interest in this plant.

Seems like a good idea but it's from the central growing section and with or without a bloom stock, the center is no longer a growing point. Some times the central area rots due to water in the crown and the same thing happens to the whole plant. If strong enough, it still produces pups all around it. This method is used by growers to produce more plants thru pupping. I think they use a soldering gun to kill the central growing point. Same with euphorbia to induce branching.

Hey Dan, that purple leaf sheath excludes hyacinthoides and grandis, and confirms your sans is masoniana. The only other sans I know of that have the purple sheath are sulcata, now called bacularis, and dawei. The small unidentified species Lake Sibaya has a purplish-red petiole but is distinctly different from this purple-striped leaf sheath that dries and crumbles away in a short time. Jamie, your posting of the Sanibel Natural Resources article was interesting, but full of inaccuracies. I'm not convinced any sans is poisonous, I find as many articles saying it's safe as those saying it's mildly toxic to toxic. Hyacinthoides has actually been a medicinal plant in native Africa. I also consider it absolutely ignorant to use toxicity as a reason to call for it's eradication when cities and counties across the state install the deadly oleander by the thousands in their own beautification plantings of roadsides, median strips and buildings. Hundreds of oleanders are planted by the city along Daytona Racetrack in Volusia county. Hyacinthoides is only slightly invasive compared to the likes of Brazilian Pepper, seeds of which are spread far and wide by birds. The large shrubs form huge thickets everywhere in the landscape. Hyacinthoides stays put and doesn't travel, I've never seen or read of seeds being dispersed by birds or critters. Once an unwanted clump is found, digging up and revisiting the site a few times will eradicate it completely. Not a big deal. Finally, the term Mother In Law's Tongue has been applied to any of the tall, flat-leaved sansevierias, but it's far more commonly applied to trifasciata than hyacinthoides. I've seen trifasciata Laurentii more often in woods and unoccupied land parcels than hyacinthoides, altho there's a huge patch of thousands of the latter at a beach ramp in Cocoa Beach Fla. I've assumed it was planted decades ago to help with dune erosion.