Scientific name: Chlorophytum comosum variegatum
Family: Asparagaceae
Spider plant due to its fast and dense growth the spider plant has become one of the most popular room and office plants worldwide. Plant is a native of South Africa.
Plant Characters:
🍀 Chlorophytum comosum grows to about 60 centimetres (24 in) high.
🍀 It has fleshy, tuberous roots, about 5–10 cm long.
☘️ The long narrow leaves reach a length of 20–45 cm and are around 6–25 millimetres wide.
Flowers:
🌸Flowers are produced in a long branched inflorescence, which can reach a length of up to 75 cm and eventually bends downwards.
🌸Flowers initially occur in clusters of 1–6 at intervals along the stem of the inflorescence. Each cluster is at the base of a bract, which ranges from 2–8 cm in length, becoming smaller towards the end of the inflorescence.
🌸Most of the flowers which are produced initially die off, so that the inflorescences are relatively sparsely flowered.
🌸The inflorescences carry plantlets at the tips of their branches, which eventually droop and touch the soil, developing adventitious roots.
🌾Cultivation:
🌦️Climate and Soil:
🌞Sunlight:
☀️A half-shaded area would be preferable.
☀️Do not expose the plant directly to mid day sun especially in summer.
☀️In a darker environment and in the shade, however, it grows only slowly.
🌡️Temperature:
⭐Low temperatures will slow down the growth too.
⭐The plant grows best when the room temperature is as constant as possible between 14 °C and 18 °C.
⭐This plant is very adaptable, so it can withstand temperatures between 10 °C and 30 °C.
👉Soil:
Soil pH of 6 to 7 is preferred ie. soil should be slightly acidic to neutral
👉Varieties:
🤙C.comosum variegatum
This has darker green leaves with white margins. It is generally smaller than the previous cultivar. The long stems are green.
🤙C.comosum Vittatum
This has mid-green leaves with a broad central white stripe.
🤙Ocean
This is the youngest species and is characterized by light green leaves with a white edge
🤙Picturatum
It forms green leaves with a yellow strip in the center
🤙Bonnie
This has green and white leaves, which are not straight but wave-like
🤙Mandaianum
It has especially short, dark green leaves with a yellow middle stripe
🤙Chlorophytum comosum
This is the wild form of chlorophytum comosum is characterized by pure green leaves without any markings.
🌳Planting:
🚩The dense and rapidly growing root ball of the chlorophytum comosum requires much space, so this green plant should be placed in a pot with sufficient space.
🚩There should be a 2 to 3 cm area filled with soil between the roots of the plant and the end of the pot.
🚩As soon as the roots can be seen, because they displace the substrate on the surface or even damage the pot, the spider plant should be transplanted as quickly as possible into a larger pot independent of the season.
💧Irrigation:
Spider plant should be irrigated regularly.
Waterlogging should be avoided.
🌱Propagation:
1.Sprouts: small daughter plants emerge from the hermetic blossoms after they have faded.
2. Seeds:The wild form as well as a few cultivated varieties of the spider plant form small capsule fruits and in each of them three seeds will approach. If the capsule is opened, the black seeds will fall to the ground.
🍂Pests and diseases
🐞Pests:
Aphids, Mealy bugs, Whiteflies, Spidermites
🍃Diseases:
Bacterial wet rot: Waterlogging causes bacterial wet rot. So avoid waterlogging.
🔧Uses
Used as indoor plant
Used in hanging pots
🔺The NASA Clean Air Study determined that this plant was effective at removing common household air toxins formaldehyde and xylene and reduce indoor air pollution.
🔻Approximately 70 Spider plants would neutralize the formaldehyde released by materials in a representative (ca. 160 m2 [1,700 sq ft]) energy-efficient house, assuming each plant occupies a 3.8 L pot.
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