Old acquaintance: Chlorophytum Spider

Because of its incredible unpretentiousnessChlorophytum long ago became the most popular indoor plant. It can be seen anywhere - in public institutions and kindergartens, schools and universities, offices and industrial premises - in corridors, lobbies, offices.

And all because the houseplants chlorophytumcan grow on any windowsills, including the northern and southern ones, and even only under fluorescent lights. This flower is a mere penny, it can be quickly multiplied by rooting air rosettes, which chlorophytum at home forms in a variety. Those who make the very first steps in floriculture, room chlorophytum - this is what you need.

Beneficial features

Studies have shown that the leaves of chlorophytumpurify the air of formaldehydes, benzene, cooking fumes and the products of combustion of domestic gas is not worse than this filter, so it is very reasonable to settle this beautiful and unpretentious plant in the kitchen, where it will be most beneficial. There are many options for its placement - in hanging baskets, wall pots, a pot can simply be put somewhere. True, in the latter case, the leaves and daughter sockets can not hang beautifully.

Species and varieties

Flowers in chlorophytum are uninteresting - small, white,simple in form. Its main beauty is in the leaves. Cultivated several species of chlorophytum, differing in color and shape of the leaf blade, in addition, within the species there is a division into varieties. Chlorophytum crested - the most popular species.

Has varieties: can be completely green, can have leaves with a white stripe in the center or with two white stripes - at the edges of the sheet. Chlorophytum curly or Bonnie is a compact variety of H. crested with whimsically twisted leaves. Very unpretentious. The author of the article H. Bonnieuge has been feeling fine for many years on the northern window with minimal care and turns yellow only from overflow in winter.

Chlorophytum winged has a somewhat unusualfor chlorophytum species due to the wide-lanceolate leafs with red or orange petioles. This coloring of the petioles allowed to bring out the variety, where the orange color passes to the leaf plates. Of course, the variety was called chlorophytum orange or orange.

Chlorophytum laksum is still rare for ourroom plant. It has wider crested, compared with X. crested leaves, bordered with white strips. The plant is unpretentious, but at the same time it is very grateful for responding to care. If you transplant it every year, and generously watered and fed between transplants, it will make such a lush bush out of it that few people in the photo will recognize it as a general old acquaintance - chlorophytum.