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dracaena trifasciata zeylanica Dracaena zeylanicaDracaena (Sansevieria) zeylanica Dracaena zeylanica is a rhizomatous snake plant with upright, sword shaped leaves marked by soft grey green banding. The foliage rises from the base in a tight clump, giving the plant a calm vertical shape and a muted, natural pattern. The leaves are pointed, slightly fleshy and held in a restrained green palette with fine transverse markings. In a pot, Dracaena zeylanica develops through basal shoots, gradually adding
Dracaena (Sansevieria) zeylanica
Dracaena zeylanica is a rhizomatous snake plant with upright, sword-shaped leaves marked by soft grey-green banding. The foliage rises from the base in a tight clump, giving the plant a calm vertical shape and a muted, natural pattern.
The leaves are pointed, slightly fleshy and held in a restrained green palette with fine transverse markings. In a pot, Dracaena zeylanica develops through basal shoots, gradually adding density around the rhizome.
Flat blades with quiet banding
- Upright, sword-like leaves with grey-green transverse markings.
- Rhizomatous base that gradually adds new shoots around the clump.
- Measured indoor growth with long-lasting foliage.
- Well matched to warm rooms and a sharply draining substrate.
Rhizome, range and container growth
Dracaena zeylanica is accepted botanically under Dracaena, while Sansevieria zeylanica remains the older name many growers still recognise. The species is native to southern India and Sri Lanka, where it grows as a rhizomatous geophyte in seasonally dry tropical conditions.
In a pot, the rhizomes and thick leaves are built for dry intervals, so the plant responds best to a clear wet-dry cycle. New shoots may appear close to the existing leaves, slowly widening the clump over time.
Watering pattern for a dry-season plant
- Light: Give bright indirect light or mild morning/evening sun. In lower light, new growth usually arrives more slowly.
- Watering: Let the pot dry deeply before watering again, then soak evenly and drain fully.
- Substrate: Use a mineral, fast-draining mix with pumice, lava, grit or other coarse components.
- Temperature: Keep warm indoors, ideally above 18 °C, and protect the pot from cold windowsills.
- Feeding: Feed lightly in spring and summer. This rhizomatous plant needs only modest nutrition.
- Repotting: Repot when the rhizomes press firmly against the pot or the mix has become dense.
Early warning signs
- Soft leaf bases: Check for wet substrate, poor drainage or cold conditions around the rhizome.
- Wrinkled leaves: A very long dry spell may leave the foliage slightly folded or dull; water thoroughly once the pot is warm.
- Pale dry patches: Sudden direct sun can mark the leaf surface, especially after a darker indoor position.
- Hidden pests: Look between the leaf bases for mealybugs and wipe the leaves when dust or pests appear.
Placement around pets and children
Dracaena zeylanica should be kept away from pets and small children who may chew leaves. Ingestion may cause digestive upset, and the pointed leaf tips are better placed where they will not be brushed at face height.
Botanical name and synonym
Dracaena comes from the ancient Greek drakaina, meaning female dragon. The epithet zeylanica means “of Ceylon,” referring to Sri Lanka under its historic name. Sansevieria zeylanica remains a widely recognised synonym for the same plant.
Dracaena zeylanica has flat upright leaves, soft banding and steady rhizome growth in a muted green clump.
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This collection of homilies were delivered before Pope Leo’s comments regarding the war in Iran. They reflect that he is, and should be, an advocate for world peace.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2026
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Only buy this book if you like right wing politics. Otherwise you’ll hate it.
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I would definitely choose a different book about Pope Leo. The first thing I noticed when this $32 “Definitive Biography” arrived was how thin it was. I opened it up to large writing and big margins. Definitive biography? $32? Then he spends the first 3 chapters bashing Pope Francis. It’s right wing politics. He even talks about Democrats wanting to pack the U.S Supreme Court! We all know it’s packed with conservatives from Trump. He finally gets to talking about Leo in Chapter 5 - but the first paragraph in that chapter bashes Francis! I’m trying to read more but he keeps adding little digs about Francis. The author appears to keep praising “traditionalists” but how is it traditional to bash the pope? John Paul II and Benedict were too conservative for me but I still respected the Holy Fathers, just disagreed. So I looked up the author and saw “Heritage Foundation,” “Hoover Institute,” and “Newsmax contributor” by his name. I didn’t want to buy a political book! I don’t usually write reviews on Amazon but felt I had to in this case for this overpriced political spiel…
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Fascinating, enlightening, troubling
Format: Paperback
55 pages into the book: So far the author (Schoch) has done a very good job of conveying background information on the statues of Easter Island (along with their mysterious Rongorongo script), the dating of the Great Sphinx (in Egypt) to a time millennia before the usually given orthodox figure of 2650 B.C.E., and on the significance of the findings at Gobekli Tepe, which have been dated to 10,000 B.C.E to about 8,000 B.C.E. But the author's style of including anecdotes from his personal and professional life, which do have bearing on the subject matter, provides for a more enriching reading experience. He points out the humanity of scientists, which we and they often need to keep in mind when considering their pronouncements.
And while the book is very well written, and the author is extremely competent in his field (Geology), one or two technical misstatements may be found in these pages. What caught my attention was the statement that by facing due East, the Great Sphinx was also facing the Vernal Equinox. The sentence was unqualified, giving readers the impression that the Vernal Equinox is always, at all times, due East. It is not. Rather, the V.E. (the point on the Ecliptic where the Sun's yearly progress transitions from the southern celestial hemisphere, to the northern) rises and sets every day, just like every other point on the celestial equator, as seen from Earth.
But this is a fairly minor annoyance which does not diminish the overall thesis in the least. And it is a pleasure to read from a scientist who dares to follow the evidence where it leads, instead of where orthodoxy, the status quo, and politicians would rather it go. In Forgotten Civilization, Schoch is tying together a number of disparate subjects which have fascinated me for the past forty years - ancient civilization and technology, astronomical catastrophies, the environmental history of the earth and its impact on the evolution of human beings.
Much of my fascination with ancient enigmas began with Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken, but Schoch is approaching the same set of mysteries armed with the tools of legitimate science, and not reaching for outlandish theories when the evidence does not demand he do so. In writing as a traditionally trained scientist, following the path of reason and insight, I feel greater confidence that the material presented is trustworthy, and will not be a waste of time or effort as I continue reading this excellent volume.
Addendum (2013/04/12) - Finished reading the book, and am left both excited, energized and very concerned.
The main thesis of the book is that one or more major solar outbursts (Coronal Mass Ejection [CME] and/or Solar Proton Events [SPE]) impacted the Earth about 12,000 years ago (c. 9700 BCE) effectively bringing the last true ice age - the Younger Dryas - to an end. As fascinating, and explanatory as this assertion is, the author suggests that we are entering a time of similar solar behavior, implying that we, too, may be the recipients of our own solar outburst, resulting in the end of civilization as we know it.
Schoch (the author) backs up his hypothesis with a fair amount of evidence provided along somewhat tenuous lines of evidence, which added together build a fairly strong case. The most direct evidence are the isotope levels of Beryllium-10 contained in the Greenland ice core samples dating back to that time, which suggest a sudden influx of cosmic rays associated with a major solar event.
Other evidence cited includes the vitrified ("melted into glass") rocks and castles found around the world. And while I'm not used to thinking of castles dating back to the last ice age, it is often suggested by archeologists that succeeding ancient cultures often reused existing sites left behind by preceding cultures. However, there are ancient Indian / Sanskrit accounts of flying houses armed with apparently nuclear missiles, which seemed to have occurred thousands of years before the current thread of civilization begins.
Additionally, Schoch has a tendency to see solar outburst evidence in some very ambiguous situations. Intrigued by the Rongorongo script on Easter Island, the good Doctor's wife suggested the character forms were similar to petroglyphs shown in the video "Symbols of an Alien Sky". To be fair, one classic figure, known as the Squatter Man, does bear an astonishing similarity to one of the Z-Pinch instabilities described by plasma physicist, Anthony L. Peratt. Indeed Peratt himself had noticed that many petroglyphs found around the world looked very much like what one might see if a huge plasma discharge from the Sun impacted our atmosphere.
The upshot of all of this is that Schoch succeeds in proving his case. And he does so with a brilliant display of disparate data from an array of scientific fields and endeavors. The ambiguities which caused me some doubts seem to be the way that science actually advances. It seems that intuition and inspiration are the first step in recognizing a potential truth, however much dismissed by the orthodox scientific community. In one of five excellent appendix articles, Schoch explains the reality of orthodoxy and politics in the scientific establishment, and how inertia, intransigence, and censorship serve vested personal interests at the expense of truth and progress.
Given the wealth of ideas and information presented, and the nearly overabundant food for thought contained in this modest volume, it seems impossible to do full justice to Schoch's work, without a review nearly as long as the book itself. It is far easier to simply read for one's self, to get the fullest sense of what may be the ultimate history lesson.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2013
★★★★★ 4
Review of new and cutting edge perspective by a credible source
Unexpectedly chatty, like a fireside conversation, but Robert Bloch brings the same open mindedness and lack of fear of entrenched mainstream academics to the idea that maybe a massive Solar Flare caused and extinction of much of life about 12,000 yrs ago, that he brought to the updating of the age of the Sphinx. He does tend to jump about in order to incorporate several subjects, and the open mindedness does lead him to be willing to discuss some pretty hairy and unlikely theories, but to his credit his dismissal of the silliest of them is courteous and gentle; very unlike the usual ad hominem viciousness we see. Unfortunately, he doesn't bring the same degree of hard science to some of the ideas like, for example, his wifes' "G! theory". (Has anyone measured H2 atoms to see if they are floating off into space Robert?). However, he does one thing for me I always very much enjoy - he brings new information that informs and sends you running for text books in order to fully understand. His hard science knowledge of what constitutes solar and cosmic rays, their magnetic and electrical functions, is like a full on first year college course. (Incidentally bringing yet more hard science to blow away the stupid AGW theories of Algore and IPCC).
If you are into learning some hard facts to explain what might have happened 12,000 yrs ago and what helped to bring us to where we are now, it's an excellent full on read.
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