Always room or more.

Love my old-school green edges with white middle stripe, but don't see it often.

Mostly white edges with green stripe.

Between my house and my store I have about 20 right now, not counting babies.

As easily as they become plantable just hanging there, fun sometimes to give them a head start.

Just bend one over to a small pot with soil and gently pin it down with a bobby pint or half a paperclip while leaving the stem attached.

Still gets nutrients and moisture from the mother.

Throws soil roots and new growth super quick and avoids the whole water roots issue some people undertake.

extranjera said:

Now I'm wondering why the regular spider plants always die on me since this one is doing fine outside in the garden. Maybe I've been babying them too much? or more likely watering them too much since they were in pots.

Chlorophytums have crazy absorbent roots.

Soak them and let them drain but watch the leaves for the next watering, don't count days.

One of the most communicative plants out there in my opinion..
If you see signs of a crease water it soon.
If it's dying fast cut it off.

My most prolific is a super root-bound pre-planted in a 16oz glass goblet from my favorite brewery..

About 3 years-old (the plant). No drainage at all but has thrown up to ~30 new babies at once.
Not so good now.

I guess I'll try a long soak and try to flush the soil outs with running water.

If that doesn't work I'll just smash the glass and go from there.

19Anto78 said:Hello everyone!

I saw some videos on YouTube about the various varieties of the Spider Plant.

I own the Chlorophytum Comosum variegato Vittatum.

Some questions about the Chlorophytum Comosum (Spider Plant) plant:

1- What is the difference between the variegated varieties Vittanum and Atlantic? Do they look the same, do they have different sizes of plant and leaf size?

2- What is the difference between the variegated varieties Variegatum and Ocean? Do they look the same, do they have different sizes of plant and leaf size?

3- Can you recommend a website where they talk about the differences of the Chlorophytum Comosum variety?

I await your reply!

Greetings from Italy!

You might try a new post due to this one being so old. Sorry I can't help you out on this.

I potted some up for sale in my pet store (we sell a lot of terrarium and planted tank stuff).
Sold one in 3 weeks.

But all of our plants are in the animal room with the reptiles and amphibians, works to grow them out under good LED lighting but horrible spot for retail.

When we set up a plexiglass shield at the front counter between the two lines of customers at the two registers, a damn long time ago, I put a tall wire dump bin with dog and cat treats in front of the plexiglass to keep people from bumping into it.

Filled it with the baby spider plants last week and am almost through all 12 plants in 4 days.
People love them.

I miss Rhamel. I wonder what he's up to lately.

I love spider plants and especially my Bonnie. The only problem is her leaves are starting to turn yellow so I've cut back on watering but so far it hasn't helped. I really don't want to lose her.

I find that spider plants are pretty resilient. I have them growing outside as well as inside. The ones outside always do well as well as inside. Here in the UK they are regarded as house plants only but do well regardless. They can grow to fast for my liking but I'm not complaining the only problem I have indoors is lighting unless they are by a window like many plants. I'm going to do an experiment with a cutting from the one on my south facing window and put it in the bathroom leaving the bathroom light on during the day which gives out around 400 Lumens of light.

AmberLeaf said: I have them growing outside as well as inside. The ones outside always do well as well as inside.

Hi AmberLeaf,

Are the outside ones in pots or in the ground?

Just wondering.

My outdoor potted do well in bright indirect, and I see them in half-barrels in moderate direct doing well.
Shorter and fatter though.

I have them in pots and hanging baskets. I had too many so I had to give some away but now the others producing more babies. I'll be starting my experiment soon with the bathroom light idea. I have no window in the bathroom so its very dark in there and I would like to have some plants in my bathroom. I'm going to remove the cover and change it to a homemade clear cover to get maximum light from it then I will make some fixings to hang the spider plant directly under the light and leave it on from 8AM to 8PM. It would be interesting to see the results.

The light seems to be pretty bright as it is but gives out better light with the cover removed. Before I removed the cover I thought the florescent bulb was a 4000k color temperature which is ok but its actually a 6000k color temperature florescent bulb when I removed the cover which is even better for plants. I get around 3000 plus lux near the light and about 400 lux being the furthest away so I could possibly add a few more plants. I could have a bathroom of spider plants I may add a ZZ plant or two in there if all goes well.

AmberLeaf said:I have them in pots and hanging baskets. I had too many so I had to give some away but now the others producing more babies. I'll be starting my experiment soon with the bathroom light idea. I have no window in the bathroom so its very dark in there and I would like to have some plants in my bathroom. I'm going to remove the cover and change it to a homemade clear cover to get maximum light from it then I will make some fixings to hang the spider plant directly under the light and leave it on from 8AM to 8PM. It would be interesting to see the results.

The light seems to be pretty bright as it is but gives out better light with the cover removed. Before I removed the cover I thought the florescent bulb was a 4000k color temperature which is ok but its actually a 6000k color temperature florescent bulb when I removed the cover which is even better for plants. I get around 3000 plus lux near the light and about 400 lux being the furthest away so I could possibly add a few more plants. I could have a bathroom of spider plants I may add a ZZ plant or two in there if all goes well.

Let us know how it works.

What kind of light is it?

purpleinopp said:I miss Rhamel. I wonder what he's up to lately.

Apparently he had his account deleted (his profile doesn't appear when I clicked on his name).