What is a Spider Plant?
A spider plant is a houseplant famous for its virtual indestructibility and ease of propagation. Spider plants are grown in households all over the world, and they also do well in many gardens, depending on the zone in which the garden is located. Many garden supply and plant stores carry spider plants, and people also exchange spider plant babies with each other, taking advantage of the plant’s readiness to duplicate itself. This plant is more formally known as Chlorophytum comosum. It has a central cluster of blade-like leaves which put out white to yellow stems that develop a sprawling growth habit. The stems periodically flower, creating nodules with new leaf growth, and the nodules will eventually generate adventitious roots, becoming entirely independent plants. Some people like to allow the stems to trail with their new growth rather than separating out the baby spider plants, creating a cascade of foliage. Spider plants are native to Africa, but they grow in a wide variety of c
Genus? I know of the spider lilly, but >> never heard of it referred to as a plant. Micro. >Now wait a minute – I know the spider lilly as belonging to the >Amaryllidaceae under the name of Hymenocallis occidentalis and it grows in >the SE part of the US. I think he was joking. >Spider Plant on the other hand belongs to the Liliaceae and is called >Chlorophytum comosum. This is an indoor plant here in Denmark. I usually >wait until it blooms during the winter time and then the plant starts to >develop new plants on long shoots. Those I cut off and put into a glass of >water until I see roots develop. Then put it into a pot and done. You are correct and what I wrote earlier (about cutting, trimming leaves and putting upside down in water) was wrong, I thought we were talking about Cyperusm, but it’s Chlorophytum that is referred to as Spiderplant. Wolf — Interesting site http://www.xs4all.nl/~barkeep/balkon.
