Spider Plants

...have always had however are Spider Plants or to give them their correct Latin name Chlorophytum (or Chlorophyta in the plural). These Plants may not produce beautiful Flowers like many other House Plants but they do add a little bit of colour to my home and more importantly they seem to thrive on neglect. Spider Plants are Indoor Plants that need plenty of daylight but they shouldn't be placed in direct sunlight. I used to keep my oldest Plant ...
...know that I said that Spider Plants thrive on neglect but obviously this is not exactly true. They do not die if they go without water for a few weeks but obviously they do not thrive under such conditions and lack of water will cause the leaves to shrivel and turn brown. They also cannot tolerate frost so should not be exposed to frost of any kind and ideally not be subjected to temperatures below 7 degrees centigrade. During the Summer if the ...

micksheff 14.01.2007 · Read full review
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...One such plant is the spider plant. BACKGROUND Packing the down stairs of my house up a couple of weeks ago ready for some much needed, but equally much dreaded work, I carried all of my plants upstairs into the spare bedroom for safe keeping. I was amazed at just how many spider plants I have and the size of some of them. When my Mum died, back in 1975, I took her indoor plants home, as I knew she had really cherished them. To this day I would ...
...I still had her original Spider Plant although most of the other plants had died. The ones I have today have come from that original plant so I guess that is perhaps why I still keep them Spider plants seemed to be at their height of popularity in the 1970's and are still easily purchased from garden centre. However once you have one healthy, well established Spider Plant you need never buy another and hopefully among other things I will tell you ...

grafter123 03.02.2008 (09.02.2008) · Read full review
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...don’t you think? Well, Spider came in for some healthy neglect pretty well straight away when I spent much of the following months in hospital and it was spring before he got more than the occasional sip of water. He’s a survivor, though and he came through it all. Spider plants, or Chlorophytum, to give them their correct name have been grown indoors for over two hundred years. There’s a good reason for this – they’re not a fussy plant. They like ...
...had a hair cut. Spider was fortunate that his previous owner died in September. He’d had a summer of being well-watered and otherwise pampered and then he came to us for a winter of sparse watering and general neglect. I repotted him in the spring, as the growth of the roots had started to push him up out of his pot, and began to pamper him again. This is an ideal routine for him. Add only a little misting with water if the air is particularly dry ...

SueMagee 15.09.2001 · Read full review
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...try Chlorophytum better known as spider plant. This plant is very forgiving and will tolerate just about anything you can throw at it except frost . They are ideal for begiiners or non enthusiasts but are a little limited in their appeal . The whitish flowers are almost insignificant and it is grown essentially for it's foliage. There is a suggestion that these plants help to purify the air that we breathe a little too -making them ideal for offices. ...
...in fact made up of several . This is ideal done in Spring. As I've said they are not a fussy plant . Provide light , don't overwater and avoid frosty conditions and that's about it really. Spider plants originate from South Africa hence the dislike of frost. ...

Gardenex 19.03.2001 · Read full review
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...But the Chlorophytum, or Spider Plant, is about the closest you’ll ever get. It doesn’t like to be overwatered, but as a first houseplant, it is ideal, because you’ll forget it’s there. And so, you will under-, rather than over-water. And if you underwater, the worst that will happen, is that the tips of some of the leaves will turn brown. Okay, no big deal, trim the brown bits off with a scissors. Good as new. Chlorophyta ...
...(make food), but our adaptable Spider needs less light than most. Which makes it ideal for that shaded hallway, or the bathroom windowsill, if, like mine, it only gets direct sunshine for one hour per evening between the months of July and . . . well, just July, really. I have never known a houseplant to survive so well on neglect. This does not mean you should neglect it. Feed it, water it, give it good light, and it will take control of your living ...

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Spider plants are very hardy plants and make a lovely house plant that especially like cool but damp rooms like bathrooms. Spider plants are a hanging plant so look lovely in a tub on a shelf or hung on the wall, they have very long thin leaves that are a gark green on the outside getting lighter as they go into the middle which is almost white. They dont flower but look beautiful anyway so are good house plants for people with hayfever. Spider ...
...become pale and droopy. Spider plants produce off spring on stalks that hang from the plant, the babies will grow on the end of the stalk quite adequatley but this puts a lot of strain on the plant and uses the plants water to survive. You are better off cutting the stalk off from plant and baby then potting baby in a seperate pot, before you know it you will have another adult spider plant. You will never need to buy a spider plant again as most ...

danniell 11.10.2008 · Read full review
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...however). The Spider Plant ( Chlorophytum) will thrive in almost any enviroment too, whether it is kept warm, cool, moist or dry. It really is an ideal low maintenance plant, and is very good for someone who would like a plant, but doesn't want to be forever watering it. You do not need any experience at all to keep this plant; it almost takes care of itself; although it does need water, and it likes to be fed now and then too, it only requires small ...
...are not overwhelmed by the Spider plants appeal, but what can I say; only it is a matter of taste, and though they do not have fancy colourful flowers, they really are a nice fresh looking plant to keep; coupled with the fact that they are low maintanance also; I would give this plant 10/10 ...

Starseeker1 26.08.2005 · Read full review
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The humble spider plant is visually uninspiring. It has leaves like large blades of grass, and can vary in colouring from plain green to a rather more interesting stripy mixture of pale green, dark green and cream. So, why would you want to grow such an ordinary plant in your house? Two reasons I can think of. Firstly, it is an easy plant to start with if you hve never tried to grow house plants or have tried and failed before. Once it gets going, ...
...back this up, apparently the spider plant is able to neutralise tobacco smoke in the atmosphere. As a smoker I will try anything to try to keep my home from smelling of stale smoke, especially if it is free. Only one downside I have found. Monty, the baby of my cat family, seems to have developed a taste for my spider plant, so the leaves are beginning to look a little bit nibbled around the edges now. I have tried to persuade him to nibble the ...

witchwaysup 19.03.2001 (15.03.2001) · Read full review
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...houseplants to propogate is the spider plant. We've all seen them, dangling merrily from hanging baskets in houses or on porches. Not only are they pretty - some are plain green, others are a green/white variation, but these plants are a natural air cleaner ... they draw pollutants out of the air and put oxygen back into it. They are very easy to grow, and take an enormous amount of neglect. They are very hardy, but will die off if overwatered - ...
...Germany, I had loads of spider plants all over my house. Greenery looks nice in a home, and adds a cosiness to a room. I like the fact that they are helping clean the air, though. Smokers might find these useful plants to have in rooms where they are usually smoking, to help offset the fumes. ...

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Although spider plants are incredibly easy to look after they can't tolerate total neglect. The tips of their leaves get brown if they lack water or nutrition for any length of time. However, they are happy to grow more leaves and the brown bits can be trimmed with scissors. They especially like bathrooms where its warm, light and steamy. I particularly like spider plants because they look so exotic, they look good in a hanging basket or on their ...
...There are other ways of propagating though - like put in potting compost before detaching the baby spider plant. This has the advantage of ensuring that the plant takes before its detached. So, if you want a plant that's easy and looks good, getta spider plant. ...

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...the horticulteral name for the spider plant is. My veiw is only a proffesional, or someone that asked would know it. If I did know the proper name, I would still call it a spider plant. Discription - dark, light, green hanging leaves, usually with white strips going down the center of the leaves. best position for plant- I have found they love light. So to position it in a hanging basket against a window, not only shows it to the outside world, ...
...it when I have grown spider plants from a child, and have always found water enough. Children and spider plants- The spider plant is probebly one of the easiest plants for children to maintain, and will give years of pleasure due to its easy management. CUTTINGS- This is the easiest plant , with at least two easy steps for taking cuttings from. My way is to watch for a long, thin stem to appear out of the leaves. When the new plant is about two ...

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My spider plant is an nth generation beast, donated by somebody's mum, who took advantage of my naivety and lack of horticultural know-how whilst I was at university. She brought a job-lot of these things in the back of the Fotd Mondeo, and dished them out to my friends and I with the sweetest smile and skullduggerous intent over six years ago. Why won't it die? I didn't water it for three months and the wretched thing thrived. It is lightless - ...
...sex-addicted Mormon brother. Spider plants have mis-shapen little white flowers, and when you see it producing a few of these then you know you are in the shit. One flower = forty billion babies. My advice is plant them up after a week or two of sitting in tapwater and then give them to people you hate. Would anybody like mine? ...

sammykipper 13.08.2001 · Read full review
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The Spider Plant is not a particularly decorative plant. As the name suggests, its leaves are very long and curved. It does not appreciate a lot of sun, but relishes the daylight. It dries up fairly quickly so must be watered quite regularly otherwise you will see brown stems shooting up from the root which looks very unsightly, and must be detached as soon as possible otherwise the dead leaves can affect the growing ones. Neither does it like the ...

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