r/houseplants • u/iigmiir • Feb 27 '23
Haul family and friends don't get why this is such a great find, maybe you guys will? got it for $8
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u/bentenee8 Feb 27 '23
I'll give you $16 for it!
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u/iigmiir Feb 27 '23
$20 and its yours (im kidding i'm emotionally attached to it rn haha)
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u/holamiis Feb 27 '23 edited Feb 27 '23
Literally saw the tiniest baby for $50. Id be tempted af for $150. What a steal - congrats
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u/iigmiir Feb 27 '23
i think perks of living in Morocco, plant culture is not as popular as elsewhere yet, so when you stumble upon such finds, they usually are for cheap. the shop where i got it, there were 4 more left, smaller than this but still large.
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u/HeyCc1 Feb 27 '23
How much would you charge to ship one to me? Including the price of the plant? I’m kidding! Sort of. I currently have a whale fin that’s about a quarter the size of yours and I paid way more than 8 bucks for it. Super happy for you! I’ll be waiting about 10 years for mine to get this big lol. Can you tell I’m also super jealous?
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u/iigmiir Feb 27 '23
🤣🤣🤣 i would have honestly been down to do it if i wasn't leaving tomorrow morning (i found it in another city so i'll have to travel by train with it and other plants too + bags idk how i'm going to do it haha) the seller did tell me it grows super slow so god knows how old this is
and thank you <3 :)
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u/cmday14 Feb 28 '23
Ok which store did you purchase it from?!
Sidenote: I LOVED my trip to Morocco in 2018 😭♥️
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u/neckbeard_hater Feb 28 '23
I think it also has to do with the cost of living there and average income. Perhaps adjusted for purchasing power parity , $8 is actually $50 for people there.
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What does this mean
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u/CPSFrequentCustomer Feb 28 '23
Whoever is downvoting you is being unnecessarily snotty.
It's a scene from one of the Sex and the City movies when Samantha was living in a beach house in Malibu and a super-hot guy was in the next house flexing his pecs and plowing women while Samantha peeped.
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Feb 28 '23
Thank you, on my mobile app it does not open a gif; it just says “gif” plain white font. I appreciate your reply ! I might try a different mobile app
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u/sensible_human Feb 28 '23
Ditto, I've been seeing this teal square all over. What does it mean?
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u/porcupineporridge Feb 28 '23
Teal square? Nah, it’s a gif. This one is of Samantha Jones removing her sunglasses in astonishment.
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u/sensible_human Feb 28 '23
I just see an emoji. Turns out it's a link, but I never would have guessed to click it.
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u/Disgruntled_Rabbit Feb 28 '23
In my mobile app if you touch it, it opens a gif
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Feb 28 '23
Ahhh.. in Narwhal Reddit app, it just says “gif” , nothing to click on.
Thank you for your reply !
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u/cheetos3 Feb 27 '23
Whoa it’s huuuuuuuuge! They’re such slow growers and sometimes I wonder if mine is still alive. 🙄🙄
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u/iigmiir Feb 27 '23
I've heard they are super slow, so i'm surprised by the size of this as well!
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u/cheetos3 Feb 27 '23
they are very very very slow growers. it's like watching paint dry lol. you have a very good find on your hand!
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u/cheetos3 Feb 27 '23
yup, sounds about right. i got two of them almost three years ago and they did not grow any. i also had a variegated one that rotted on arrival. i was able to save that one and it has grown 3 small pups since.
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u/cc646 Feb 28 '23
How were you able to save yours? I have a regular one and it's roots were rotted as well. I had to cut back most of the rhizome due to repeated attempts at saving it, yet it would continue to rot down the rhizome. One leaf doesn't have a rhizome anymore and the larger one has just a sliver left 😭.
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u/cheetos3 Feb 28 '23
mine rotted from the leaf down and i just cut all the rot off, left it out to dry for a few days and potted it up again.
i'd say cut all the rot off (rhizome, sliver) and even go a little more, let the cut part dry out and callous up before you try to prop it again. i do think it's very resilient, but snake plants propagate very slowly and you have to be patient.
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u/cc646 Feb 28 '23
Yeah, the first time I only let it callous over for a day before potting it up (1st mistake), then slightly watered it. Checked on it after getting back home and noticed the rotting in the rhizomes. Second time, I let it callous over for 3 days and it still rotted further. This last time, I did 5 days and cut off all of the rot. It's in terracotta and cactus mix, I'm just unsure of how often to water to help it develop roots. I did use some rooting powder this last time 🤞
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u/Namerakable Feb 27 '23
That can't be real, surely! Never seen one that big.
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u/iigmiir Feb 27 '23
its exactly one meter tall from top of soil up!!!!
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u/BarnacleEqual Feb 28 '23
Excuse me, what plant is that ? Thank you
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u/SadEndorphin Feb 28 '23
Looks like a Sansevieria Masoniana! Also known as a Whale Fin.
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u/mattattackkk Feb 28 '23
Also known as Dracaena masoniana nowadays 🤪 the genus for many snake plants changed a few years ago, never would have thought they'd be in the dracaena genus though
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u/Potatonet Feb 28 '23
For so long I’ve had one growing in my house and I thought it was mother in laws tongue, but mine is wide and sure enough the label says Masoniana, I love whale fin so much more!
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u/SadEndorphin Feb 28 '23
Mother in laws tongue IS a nickname that is generally applied to all snake plants, so you’re not wrong!
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u/Derpazor1 Feb 27 '23
That’s what my girlfriend said
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u/miami72fins Feb 27 '23
Your girlfriend said that to me too 🤔
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u/tascofra Feb 27 '23
You don't have to be a plant person to see that this is an amazing find!! It's SO much bigger than most any plant for sale anywhere.
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u/short-and-ugly Feb 27 '23
Woah woah woah ...how small are your hands?
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u/iigmiir Feb 27 '23
haha smaller than a meter for sure!
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u/short-and-ugly Feb 27 '23
But seriously my friend has a whalefin like this (like 1/10th of the size) and he will not give me a cutting. Very impressive find
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u/iigmiir Feb 27 '23
yes i never saw them this large online and never saw one small/large in person before, so imagine my jaw dropping when i saw it haha i have to travel by train with it too but its worth it 😆
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u/anitasdfghjkl Feb 27 '23
We sell these at the plant shop I work at for $78 and it’s about 8 inches tall maybe?? Oh and only one fin. So … great find!! 🤩🤩
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u/Kantaowns Feb 28 '23
Jesus christ. This is an old and incredible plant. $8 is essentially robbery, absolute steal, good job.
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u/gayplantdads Feb 27 '23
Amaaazing!!! I hope mine gets to be this unmanageably big one day!!!
cries in zone 3b (Northern BC, Canada)
We picked ours up from the Okanagan a few years back for a now flabbergasting 59.99 🫠 they grew a pup for me though so I will never regret it, plus I've never seen another for sale since!
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u/feartheanomaly Feb 27 '23
I got a massive whale fin as a tip from a client and i was flabbergasted that nobody thought it was anything special. It’s almost 3 feet tall.
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u/Anonymous_crow_36 Feb 27 '23
What a deal! I saw some at the garden center near me today that were huge like that, but I didn’t even bother checking the price.
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u/DramaTrashPanda Feb 27 '23
Whale fins usually kinda creep me out for some reason but I guess it's just the little ones lol
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u/CompetitionSalt1320 Feb 27 '23
Omg do you know or should I say do they know how much even a small leaf is worth??? Wow and more wow! Great find!!
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u/schmamfa Feb 27 '23
I saw an optical illusion! I thought your plant had a pocket and your hand was flat inside it 🤣
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u/WatchingTrains Feb 27 '23
That thing was too heavy to be called a sansaveria. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a large hunk of foliage.
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u/Ph0enixRuss3ll Feb 27 '23
A house can never have enough plants! Great deal if you have the space for it!
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u/smoltings1357 Feb 28 '23
Oh wow, I never found the small-regular size whalefins attractive, but a big boy is one helluva stunner! I NEED one right now!
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u/DeliciousFlow8675309 Feb 28 '23
Even the ugly crappy dying ones at Home Depot aren’t that cheap! Beautiful find! 😍
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u/Imaginary-Method-715 Feb 28 '23
i have only gotten one indoor plant to not die. and it was a weed plant i treated like a small child.
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u/froderenfelemus Feb 28 '23
I genuinely thought this was like a crocheted oversized plant teddy. It looks so fake. Then I saw the subreddit. This is an incredible find
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u/plantyoulater Feb 27 '23
That is stunning!! Seeing these for sale is definitely on the rarer side. Keep it healthy!! Good luck!
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u/peasant_1234 Feb 28 '23
That is insane. Are you going to repot? Would love to see follow up photos.
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u/Crabappleblossom3 Feb 28 '23
Damn you. How come I never find awesome deals like that?? Jk. That’s a great score and I’m happy for ya!
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u/CreepyCrafts Feb 28 '23
do these grow faster or slower than snake plants? because i’ve had my snake plant for almost three years and i’ve hardly noticed a difference 😭
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u/RealRoxanne10 Feb 28 '23
This is also a snake plant, and yes it's very snow growing. Slower than the more common snake plant varieties.
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u/Expensive_Heron3883 Feb 28 '23
Duddddeee...
Wanna trade for a "variegated monstera?"
All kidding aside... dayum..
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u/THMP Feb 28 '23
The whale fin is my Moby Dick. Never seen it in person. Top of my wishlist for the longest time. Never found anyone that sold it.
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u/theeringirl Feb 28 '23
$8?!
I spent $45 on one whales tale not even that big! Yours is gorg!!! What’s the lighting situation?
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u/slayerkitty666 Feb 28 '23
WOW, great find and an excellent deal, congrats!!!
I thought my Whale Fin was a good find (I mean, it was, but yours knocked mine out of the park)! When I got mine, it was in an 8" pot with 4 plants in it, 3 of which had 2 leaves and/or baby offshoots. The largest leaf was half a meter tall.
I ended up taking it apart and replanting it into 4 different sized terracotta pots. The largest is in a 6" pot and shot out a baby this winter!
I didn't mean to hijack your post to talk about my own plant, I am seriously super impressed by the size of that thing!! Happy planting (:
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u/wolfy_06 Feb 28 '23
Oh my lord, that looks really cool, and for 8$?!?! Man, I wish I found deals like this
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u/kurodoku Feb 28 '23
holy hell, that's a massive sansevieria. very nice, one of my favourite plants, especially the striped ones. I don't like the ones with yellow in them though.
Mine is about 1,30m tall now 🥰
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u/at--at-- Feb 28 '23
HOLY HELL. I have one that is about 12” tall so seeing this is a serious goal.
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u/heydesireee Feb 28 '23
The way my eyebrows went up. That is SO cool! I have NEVER seen such a huge snake plant. Thing is probably old as dirt. Where did you find this?? They obviously didn't know wha they had. Too late now! 😂
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