Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sansevieria trifasciata) ‘Bantel’s Sensation’ (White Sansevieria) on 4-9-13, #142-28.
White or White Striped Sansevieria
Dracaena trifasciata ‘Bantel’s Sensation’
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Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Bantel’s Sensation’
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Dracaena trifasciata (Prain) Mabb. is now the accepted scientific name for this species. It was named and described as such by David John Mabberley in Mabberley’s Plant Book in 2017. it was first named and described as Sansevieria trifasciata by David Prain in Bengal Plants in 1903.
Due to phylogenetic testing, it has been determined that species in the Dracaena and Sansevieria genera should be in the same genus. Since the genus Dracaena was named first in 1767, it wins over Sansevieria which was named in 1794.
This plant was “discovered” by Gustav Bantel of St. Louis, Missouri who patented the plant (PP 796) in 1948. The LLIFLE (Encyclopedia of Living Forms) website has more information.
The genus, Sansevieria Thunb., was named and described as such by Carl Peter Thunberg in Prodromus Plantarum Capensium in 1794.
The genus, Dracaena Vand. ex L., was described as such by Carl von Linnaeus in Mantissa Plantarum in 1767. He gave credit to Domingo (Domingos, Domenico) Vandelli for first naming and describing the genus.
As of 11-27-23 when this page was last updated, Plants of the World Online lists 196 species in the Dracaena genus. It is a member of the plant family Asparagaceae with 121 genera. Those numbers could change as updates are made on POWO.
Plants of the World Online previously listed 73 accepted genera in the Sansevieria genus. The results of phylogenetic (DNA) testing proved Sanseveria and Draceana should be in the same genus, genetically. Since the genus Dracaena was named before Sansevieria, the species in Sansevieria were moved to Dracaena. Many species of both genera had been moved back and forth between the two multiple of times throughout the years anyway.
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Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sansevieria trifasciata) ‘Bantel’s Sensation’ (White Sansevieria) on 8-4-13, #174-14.
I bought this interesting Sansevieria trifasciata cultivar from Lowe’s in 2013. It was strange because instead of the usual horizontal variegation, this one’s variegation was vertical.
USEFUL INFORMATION:
Family: Asparagaceae
Origin: Species native to west-central Africa
Zones: USDA Zones 10b-11 (35 to 40° F)
Size: 18 to 36” tall or more.
Light: Light Shade
Soil: Well-drained soil
Water: Water thoroughly when the soil is dry. DO NOT overwater and DO NOT allow the pot to sit in water.
Dracaena trifasciata do best in moderately bright or filtered light such as in front of a north-facing window. They tolerate low light, but brighter light will bring out the color of their leaves. Too much light can cause their leaf edges to yellow.
Their soil should be allowed to dry out completely before watering again. They need to be watered deeply and thoroughly but water remaining in the saucer should be discarded because their pots should never be allowed to sit in water for any period of time. They will not tolerate soggy soil and their roots will rot easily if the soil remains too wet for any period of time.
Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sanseveria trifasciata) ‘Bantel’s Sensation’ on 10-7-13, #193-72.
Dracaena trifasciata are light feeders and too much fertilizer will make their leaves fall over. There are several recommendations about fertilizing and a few of the links below will give you some ideas. I never fertilized mine and many people don’t.
They like a crowded root system. I read before that they are best grown in clay pots and should not be repotted until their roots break the pot…
Propagation by division and leaf cuttings is pretty simple. Cuttings should be about 4” (10 cm.) long and placed in moist sand. Umm… Be aware the offspring of variegated cultivars will lack the gold margin if propagated by leaf cuttings.
The NASA Clean Air Study found Dracaena trifasciata has air purification qualities, removing 4 of the 5 main toxins including carbon dioxide during the night.
I hope you enjoyed this page and maybe found it useful. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, I would like to hear from you. Please click on “like” if you visited this page. It helps us bloggers stay motivated. 🙂 You can check out the links below for further reading. The links take you directly to the genus and species of this plant. Not all the links have the current name.
The Belmont Rooster 
Dear Sir,
Thank you for this nice golf article on Sansevieria Bantel’s Sensation. I must say yours is one of the very few on this white sansevieria that is so hard to find here in the U.K. I have been researching about it and at the same time been searching high and low for a chance to get my hands on one, going from various sites and platforms.
Being a Londoner, been on a lookout for such cultivar for months and it’s only today that I luckily found one being sold on eBay (seller is from UK) and so I quickly made and offer and won it. Luckily too, stumbled upon your very informative blog. I guess I just wanted to say thank you for blogging about this Sansevieria cultivar. I’ve started a few months back my Sansevieria collection and Bantel’s sensation is my holy grail 😊 Among tall Sansevierias that I’m collecting.
All the best of health and well-being to you sir.
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Hello Alan! Thanks for your kind words. I am glad found one on Ebay. Usually, all the Sanseveria available here are the same that have been available for years. I was fortunate to have found this one. I found a Sansevieria ehrenbergii last January that is really neat. You take care as well and happy collecting! Thanks for the visit and the comment!
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i want any resaerch paper on dracena trifiscata name. how I write this name with references.there is no paper on google scholar with dracena name.
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Hello there! I typed in Lu and Mordan: Phylogenetic Systematics of Dracaenoid Genera because it was at the top of the pages of the book the host on the YouTube video was looking at. Pei-Luen Lu and Clifford W. Mordan did the research. Anyway, if you type that in your browser, you will get several links to follow. Research Gate information is pretty good.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307594574_Sequence_Variation_and_Phylogenetic_Analysis_of_Sansevieria_trifasciata_Asparagaceae
I hope this helps. Thanks for contacting me.
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