I grew up with a huge pot on mother in law's tongue, Sanseveria, in our home, and I had no idea that this plant blooms and quite ilkely does so every year in its native environment in West Africa. i have read about folk burying an apple in their pot of Sansevieria to get it to bloom with the help of the ethanol released by the apple, but other than that my knowledge of its blooms was quite limited. Two years ago after arriving home from a 6 week summer trip I saw stalks of dried blooms on the plant, to my great surprise, and last year the same thing happened. This year, because it is leap year and we have added a month to the calendar, our vacation is taking place a bit later on the gregorian calendar, and I am home to witness my mother in law's tongue produces stalks of little white blooms! So very exciting and while the flowers have yet to open I thought I'd share this with you!
Just by the way, mother in law's tongue is one of the those plants that is very difficult to kill (though I've seen plenty of them at wit's end because people think it doesn't need any water apparently) and my huge pot can literally go for several months with no water, especially in the winter. Also good to know that the plant multiplies itself nicely spreading via underground runners, and you'll end up with a pot packed with the plant, which looks great. If a frond breaks off, you can put any piece of it in water or in moist soil, and it will grow a rhizome (its root formation) from the frond, really special! Those are just two amaing aspects of this plant, keep on reading to learn another!