Your houseplant died? It may well not be your fault. That's because some houseplant sellers specifically set us up for failure.
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Let's start with snake plants. Many are sold like this.
#planttwitter This fan shaped snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata) is not a single plant, but rather a set of individual leaf cuttings in a pot. Often, some of these cuttings will fail and die. (Even if they don't, the fan shape will disappear as the plant grows).