DEAR ALL: Pankaj ji is RIGHT... This Chlorophytum comosum is SPIDER PLANT and NOT spider lily... spider plant because in its fully developed form that has 10 or fifteen stolons and masses of plantlets or fowers /seeds at the end of the stolons it looks like something out of this world or if of this world... a large green spider with flowers on its legs..
For the last few years I have been looking for it here in calcutta but no luck... they always give me something else that also has variegated (white streaks) leaves grass like plant instead or even white musli... never the spider plant.. to confuse the issue... the spider plany also has juicy whitish swollen roots, but they have no estrogenic or aphrodisiac effect like the musli.... Now I am glad to see its available at least in your neck of the woods... there is hope for us in Kolkata... Its called spider plant because in its full glory as a hanging plant in a large enough hanging pot...it develops into a large rossette by producing shoots from the main root, then develops stolons , which shoot out long and hang by the side, at the end of the stolons there would be baby plantlets with their own roots, esp as an indoor houseplant . .. some stolons in middle of hot summer will develop tiny handsome white flowers, which in turn produce tiny green and then brown seeds if appropriate insects are around... In summary, it reproduces in at least 4 ways that I know of... developing clump around mother plant, by rooted plantlets, by seeds and by roots runners ( or whatever the botanical name is appropriate) which sprout ... 5th would be tissue culture... human effort.. DOES ANY OTHER PLANT REPRODUCE IN SUCH PROLIFIC OR PROFICIENT MANNER Please tell us, and lets make a list .... Usha di ========= On Jul 24, 10:55 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice. > Just wanted to add, Chlorophytum comosum is actually not Spider Lilly > but Spider Plant. Spider Lilly is a different plant !! > Pankaj > > On Jul 22, 7:05 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just for compilation of information > > *Aechmea gamosepala* > > The plant originates from Brazil and belongs to > > Family : Bromeliaceae. > > It is called as Matchstick plant as the inflorescence looks like a bunch of > > coloured match sticks. > > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Kindly let me know if you know the name of this plant. > > > Thanks
