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Airplane plant5/17/2023 ![]() The latter two are rainforest-dwelling taxa that had been described earlier as separate species, but botanists Axel Dalberg Poulsen and Inger Nordal reduced the taxa to varieties of C. comosum in 2005. sparsiflorum also has broader leaves that narrow to the base, and usually lacks a petiole and the striping on the underside of the leaf and the inflorescences are up to two times the length of the leaves. bipindense has broader, petiolate leaves with stripes on the underside and the inflorescences are 2–3 times the length of the leaves and C. comosum var. comosum has strap-shaped narrow leaves and is found along forest margins C. comosum var. There are three described varieties of the species: the autonym C. comosum var. Intra-specific variation įleshy roots of pot-grown Chlorophytum comosum The species has been confused with Chlorophytum capense (L.) Voss by some authors, but this is a different species. The species was subsequently moved to a number of different genera, including Phalangium, Caesia, Hartwegia Nees, and Hollia, before receiving its current placement in Chlorophytum by Jacques in 1862. The first formal description of Chlorophytum comosum was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg as Anthericum comosum in the 1794 volume of Prodromus Plantarum Capensium, Thunberg's work on the plants of South Africa. The stems (scapes) of the inflorescence are called " stolons" in some sources, but this term is more correctly used for stems that do not bear flowers and have roots at the nodes. The inflorescences carry plantlets at the tips of their branches, which eventually droop and touch the soil, developing adventitious roots. Seeds are produced in a capsule, 3–8 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long, on stalks (pedicels) that lengthen to up to 12 mm (0.5 in). The stamens consist of a pollen-producing anther about 3.5 mm (0.1 in) long with a filament of similar length or slightly longer. Each flower has six triply veined tepals that are 6–9 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long and slightly hooded or boat-shaped at their tips. ![]() Individual flowers are greenish-white, borne on stalks ( pedicels) some 4–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long. Most of the flowers that are produced initially die off, so that relatively, the inflorescences are sparsely flowered. ![]() Each cluster is at the base of a bract, which ranges from 2–8 cm (0.8–3.1 in) in length, becoming smaller toward the end of the inflorescence. Flowers initially occur in clusters of 1–6 at intervals along the stem ( scape) of the inflorescence. įlower of Chlorophytum comosum 'Vittatum'įlowers are produced in a long, branched inflorescence, which can reach a length of up to 75 cm (30 in) and eventually bends downward to meet the earth. The long narrow leaves reach a length of 20–45 cm (8–18 in) and are around 6–25 millimetres (0.2–1.0 in) wide. It has fleshy, tuberous roots, each about 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long. Variegated forms are the most popular.Ĭhlorophytum comosum grows to about 60 cm (24 in) tall, although as a hanging plant it can descend many feet. Chlorophytum comosum is easy to grow as a houseplant because of its resilience, but it can be sensitive to the fluoride in tap water, which commonly gives it "burnt tips". It is native to tropical and Southern Africa but has become naturalized in other parts of the world, including Western Australia and Bangladesh. ![]() Chlorophytum comosum, usually called spider plant or common spider plant due to its spider-like look, also known as spider ivy, ribbon plant (a name it shares with Dracaena sanderiana), and hen and chickens is a species of evergreen perennial flowering plant of the family Asparagaceae. ![]()
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