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Years ago
this spider plant appeared in my garden. I'm not sure where it
came from, but mostly I've just ignored it. Spider plants are
most often grown in hanging baskets, so their long flower stalks with
their plantlets hang gracefully. Here the stalks act as runners,
and the plantlets take root in the ground.
The flowers
grow near the ends of the long stalks. Spider plant is also known
as ribbon plant, and as walking anthericum.
The fruit
with the seeds is not very noticeable, but
spider plant reproduction is primarily asexual. The plantlets
take root and separate from the parent plant.
The new
little plants appear at the end of the flower stalk. Below, one
has rooted and is now growing independently.
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