Episode 101: the spider plant (aka Chlorophytum comosum)
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Spider plants are cheap as chips and common as muck, and yet Chlorophytum comosum is also a treasured plant for many houseplant growers. I find out about the wonderful world of the spider plant, from which cultivars to choose to how to keep the leaf tips from going brown.
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| 1:31.8 | And the cheap as chips spider plant. |
| 1:34.4 | Yes, chlorophytum commosum. |
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