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title: "My friend gifted me this plant and I’m flummoxed. Snake plant,…"
description: "My friend gifted me this plant and I’m flummoxed. Snake plant, dracena, bromeliad? I keep getting different answers."
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Heather Lane"
published: "2025-01-09T00:32:30.753167Z"
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# My friend gifted me this plant and I’m flummoxed. Snake plant,…

_Publicado por Heather Lane el 2025-01-09_

My friend gifted me this plant and I’m flummoxed. Snake plant, dracena, bromeliad? I keep getting different answers.

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## 13 comentarios

### Kades comentó el 2025-01-09

I could be totally wrong but my best guess would be a flaming sword

### JimiWa comentó el 2025-01-09

Nice to have friends that give you plants!! 🌿

### Heather comentó el 2025-01-09

At first glance I would think it might be some kind of bromeliad. It reminds me a bit of my pineapple plant but your leaves appear wider. Could you take another couple of photos? One more from the side and the second from directly above so we can see the growth pattern of new leaves. Those might give us a better shot of helping to identify it.

#### Heather Lane respondió el 2025-01-09

Thanks - see below!

### Heather Lane comentó el 2025-01-09

Hope this helps? Thank you!

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#### Heather respondió el 2025-01-09

Okay, so now I am really stumped. 🤔 Based on the pinched point leaf tips and the wider tapered leaves I would say some kind of snake plant but it lacks the variegated leaves that a snake plant derives its name from and I’ve never seen a snake grow “out” instead of “up” unless it was falling over.

My best guess is bromeliad based on the fact that new growth is so much lighter green than the mature growth. Bromeliads typically have showy new growth but can lose the red, orange or yellow colors if they don’t get adequate light. They also tend to grow “up” but then relax and lay down as new leaves come in.

I don’t think it is a false bromeliad, (aka basket plant) based on its growth pattern but I could be wrong about even that.

#### Heather Lane respondió el 2025-01-09

Thank you! I was leaning bromeliad as well. I’m hoping time will tell. 😊

#### Ezzeldin Yaqoub respondió el 2025-01-09

Bird’s nest snake plants lack the variegation.

### Wolfen 🐺 comentó el 2025-01-09

So strange. It looks more like a false bromeliad

#### Heather Lane respondió el 2025-01-09

Oh - did not know that was a thing. But maybe?!

### Heather Lane comentó el 2025-01-09

She told me that it was labeled as a sansevieria jade star but I have serious doubts.

#### Wolfen 🐺 respondió el 2025-01-09

A matureish one

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### Ezzeldin Yaqoub comentó el 2025-01-09

Sansevieria bird’s nest snake plant is solid green and not variegated like your plant. So your friend gave you the right bird’s nest snake plant variety label.

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