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=__Chlorophytum Comosum __= =(The Spider Plant) = =Order: Asparagales = =Family: Agavaceae = =Genus: //Chlorophytum// = =Species: //Chlorophytum Comosum// = = =  //Chlorophytum Comosum,// or The Spider Plant, is a dioecious plant of the Agavaceae family. It reproduces asexually, meaning it does not require the mixing of the sperm and egg to reproduce, but it can make clones of itself. The Spider Plant’s offspring grow from the rosettes of the plant and then fall off, creating a new plant. The rosette grows the roots once it knows its plant is safe on the ground, and with the new plant the whole process begins again. This is the reason most people graft their Spider Plants instead of buying separate plants. Most people hang their plants in pots suspended from a ceiling or rafter, since the Spider Plant hangs so nicely and its offspring cascade down their slender herbaceous branches. The Spider Plant has long slender leaves that are deep green, often highlighted on the edges with a whitish green. In some species of the //Chlorophytum Comosum//, the leaves are stiff and rigid, but in others they are floppy and a little more bendable. They have small, dime-sized white flowers that bud at the rosettes, that later turn into the new plants. The Spider Plant is a fascinating plant to study about, and I hope you keep reading in order to learn more about it.

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<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classification:
<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Spider Plant is an //angiosperm,// meaning it is a flowering plant. It is also a //dicot,// or //dioecious// plant, meaning its flowers have both male and female parts.

<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Plants in the Agavaceae family may or may not be succulent. They differ greatly in appearanceAgavaceae leaves generally grow out from the ends of woody stems, which may very in size from incredibly short and bushy, to tree-like heights, as in the Joshua tree. Their leaves are veiny and pointed at the ends, and they usually droop down from the center of the plant. Occasionally there will be pointed ridges along the side of the leaf.

<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Spider Plant's average height is around 0.5 ft. to 0.67 ft. and they normally have a width of 0.5 ft. to 1 ft.

<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identifying features:
<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Spider Plant is stringy-looking, has many leaves and grows low to the ground. It grows very fast and seems to droop down as it grows, which is most likely why people put them in hanging pots. The leaves on the Spider Plant are green year-round; they are long and usually have a white stripe running down the middle, and also are slightly glossy and very fibrous. Their flowers are rather small and rather dime-sized, and usually tend to be white or cream-colored in appearence. The flowers also appear to have radial symmetry as opposed to bilateral symmetry. They are dioecious since they appear to have both male and female parts.

<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Location/Habitat:
<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Spider Plant is typically a house plant, and requires a planter pot stashed with peat-enriched soil

<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Spider Plant is an indoor plant, so it usually requires medium amounts of light, so keeping it in a frequently lighted room would be satisfactory.

<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Spider Plant fruits are rather inconspicuous and hard to see, and for the most part they reproduce asexually. Planklets grow out from the "joints" of the Spider Plant and regrow separately from the original plant.

<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Special Adaptations:
<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Spider Plant has long stalks on which grow flowers. from the flowers grows a fruit, and from there comes a new plant sprig which roots itself into the ground and detatches from the plant.

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<span style="color: #319900; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Created by: Mallory Barnes