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Spider plant is a plant of African origin in the family of lilies. Its scientific name is Chlorophytum comosum. It is also called ribbon plant, airplane plant, spider ivy. They got this name because of the hanging stems from this plant. When this plant develops well, its leaves start spreading out of the pot and along with some stems.
Chlorophytum comosum is native to South Africa. It has linear leaves that are green or striped white. Flowering stems bear loose panicles of small, white, starry flowers. Plantlets are formed at the flowering nodes. When plants are full, they have an interesting, graceful, cascading habit. Genus name comes from the Greek words chloros meaning ...
Aug 25, 2023 · Common Name: Spider plant, airplane plant Scientific Name: Chlorophytum comosum Soil: Standard potting soil Light: Bright, indirect Water: Medium Food: Balanced houseplant fertilizer
Chlorophytum comosum is native to South Africa. It has linear leaves that are green or striped white. Flowering stems bear loose panicles of small, white, starry flowers. Plantlets are formed at the flowering nodes. When plants are full, they have an interesting, graceful, cascading habit. Genus name comes from the Greek words chloros meaning ...
Adding a bright note year-round, Chlorophytum comosum 'Vittatum' (Variegated Spider Plant) is a very ornamental, rhizomatous, evergreen perennial featuring a basal rosette of arching, narrow leaves, up to 18 in. in length (45 cm), adorned with central creamy-white stripes. Small, white, starry flowers are borne in loose panicles above the gracefully cascading foliage. Plantlets are usually ...
The often heard name of Airplane Plant supposes that the plantlets look like whirling propellers. Spider plant is of South and West African origin and seems to have been introduced into Europe by the end of the 18th century, most likely by the intrepid plant explorer Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828). Thunberg, after whom the flowering vine ...
'Variegateum' is a variegated cultivar of the spider plant houseplant which is in the Asparagaceae (asparagus) family and is native to South Africa. This cultivar has green leaves with white margins. It produces small white star-shaped flowers from which plantlets form that dangle from stems that can be up to 2 feet long.
