The little Sans may not be a type that gets that tall. Sans grow really fast with tons of sun, heat, and water, but all 3 must go together. IME with the tall type you have, fast growth means more pups, not height of leaves. Really tall leaves just take time, several years.

...did that bloom smell heavenly or WHAT?!

Ooooh my god they smelled so good! and such a pretty white!
Thank you, I hadn't thought about growth meaning pups and not height. hmm, that's food for thought. I think that this kind CAN get that tall because I sell it at work but it's possible that it's not... i'd imagine that the nursery didn't WAIT that long for the larger plants to get that big. So I'm kinda wondering what mega growth hormone they dumped on it if it is the same. We sell so many that supply/demand would increase/decrease faster than the sans could grow... I think?

I'm just impatient is all, I want to eventually mix them in the same pot, I don't have a pot I like yet so I figured I could put some height on the yellow one in the interim.

A fast-draining mix of porous ingredients, regular watering, fertilization, and light/warmth....that'll move the Sans. right along.

Josh

Those who know Sans varieties more intimately might be able to help you ID it more specifically. It could definitely be a new pup of a tall type.

Just wanted you to have that in your mind since you seemed unsure of the exact ID, and so you can start loving it "that way" if it proves to be a short type. Since the pot is not full, it's likely a younger pup of whatever type it is. You also seem to have the bug, appreciation for variation in Sans leaves, a pretty serious illness, also why I mentioned that some Sans stay short. You can't want more plants if you don't know about them. Everyone appreciates that, right?

I'm sure not all Sans do so, but the most common types seem to fill the pot before they make really tall leaves. Not that it's a cause/effect, just that it takes only about a year (unless really unhappy) for a Sans to fill the sparse few inches of spare surface area they are usually given, but several years are needed for the tall types to make those really tall leaves. One's results would depend on if the material used to start the new pot was a young new pup, or a separated rosette with much more age.

for the small one the pot is too deep as is(unless it's filled on the bottom /top with gravel/rocks). it's better in shallow pots. width wise - keep it same until it fills the pot.
whatever you do: do not divide the pups from mama - keep them all together, the new leaves should start getting bigger and bigger as they show up. if you divide: the leaves will go back to smalls.

You have different Sans there. One is Sansevieria trifasciata. Which is a fast tall growing type. The other looks like a Sansevieria trifasciata Black Futura 'Goldedge'. It grows much smaller but has a wider leaf. Good advise given about. The pups left on will grow larger then the Mother plant but only to it's full size. I had trifasciata grow to 5 feet. Low light will cause the leaves to stretch more 'leggie' and weaker. I like the stronger thicker leaves. Come on over to the Sans Forum for more information and we love to show our collection off.
Stush

I've got a large garden bed full of Sans all starting to bud up. When they flower the fragrance is amazing, and it carries right through the neighbourhood.

Hey Tropic,

Sounds lovely & exciting (I've never had a Sans. bloom for me). Perhaps you could favor us w/ some pix when the blooms are open? Would love to see, especially a whole bed of them, must be lovely. Can you pls tell us what it smells like?

Stush, I didn't know there was a sansevieria forum! Now I'm excited.

Purple, The thing is... The larger of the yellwe edged sans WAS older, it had been left in four inch pot for a good year or two, and the smaller one was a pup off of a much larger plant, so for all I know they aren't even the same, haha.
Time will tell of course but I'm impatient.

Pirate_girl, I'm away from home at the moment, won't be back until end of next week. Hopefully they'll all be on the go then, along with the Dracaenas that have also started budding up. The Sans have a very sweet, sort of talc fragrance. It fills the air at night. The Dracaena fragrance is fairly similar.

Does anyone else dream of visiting Australia because of Tropic's posts?

What Josh said upthread ["A fast-draining mix of porous ingredients, regular watering, fertilization, and light/warmth....that'll move the Sans right along"] is worth revisiting. Also keep in mind what Purpleinopp said about all the factors affecting growth needing to be concertedly favorable ..... it's the most unfavorable condition that limits your plant's growth. Finally, the idea that Sans like their roots tight is simply wrong. If you want to maximize growth, it's a requirement that you not allow the roots to become congested to the point the soil/root mass can be lifted from the pot intact. Once that state of congestion has occurred, even potting up will only allow the plant to regain a part of its potential for growth.

Al