If you like indoor plants, but there is almost no time to take care of them, then try to get chlorophytum. This room flower is unpretentious to the conditions of detention, so care for him does not take much time. Chlorophytum is a herbaceous, bush-like perennial.
The leaves of chlorophytum are narrow and oblong, hanging down to the floor. Due to the property of leaflets to hang, chlorophytum is grown as an ampelous plant. Chlorophytum blooms with small whitish star-shaped flowers, connected in the inflorescence of a loose panicle.
Panicles are placed on hanging long shoots (up to one meter). The diameter of the overgrown bush can reach 50 cm. The height of the bush does not exceed half a meter. The plant does not require specific growing conditions.
Did you know? From the Greek "chlorophytum" is translated as a green plant.
Chlorophytum has not one popular name, the most common - spider, green lily, bridal veil, viviparous coronet, flying Dutchman.
Reproduction of epiphytic plants carry out rosettes, which are formed at the tips of the arcuate shoots after flowering. Sockets formed on the shoots of adult plants, have aerial roots. The root system of chlorophytum is thickened, akin to tubers.
Homeland room chlorophytum is not precisely defined. Some scientists are inclined to believe that this is the tropics and subtropics of South America, Australia. Others believe that the flower was introduced to Europe from South Africa. In the wild, the flower grows on tree branches, attaching itself to the bark by the root system, and is a valuable bio-component in the forest's grass cover.
The life span of the plant is about ten years. Scientists have determined that chlorophytum has about 250 varieties, the most famous among gardeners are listed below.
Important! The plant has air purifying antimicrobial properties. During the day, the bush destroys up to 80% of bacteria and microbes.
Chlorophytum crested (tuft)
One of the most popular among amateur flower growers is Chlorophytum crested. The plant has a lush rosette of leaves. Leaves elongated, xiphoid, green color. Along the center of the sheet is a strip of white or beige. Flowers of small size, similar to the stars, white color. On the tips of the arrows, where the flowers are located, after their flowering babies form. Since more than one shoot immediately blooms, a lot of babies form, they hang down and form a tuft. Striped chlorophytum can be propagated with the help of children-rosettes, when several small roots appear on them.
Grades of chlorophytum beam: "Maculatum" - yellow stripes in the middle of the leaf, "Curty Locks" - striped leaves, twisted into a wide spiral, "Variegatum" - the edge of the leaf is covered with milk stripes. 
Cape Chlorophytum
Cape Chlorophytum has the following description. The bush is large in size, the flower is up to 80 cm tall. The roots of the Chlorophytum are Cape tuberiform. Xiphoid leaflets, wide (about three centimeters wide), long (up to half a meter), monophonic. Blossoms of small flowers of milk color, located in paniculate inflorescences. Peduncles short, placed in the leaf axils. Since the children-rosettes at the ends of the arrows do not form, they separate the Kapit chlorophytum separating parts of the bush.
Did you know? The cleaner the air in the room, the worse the chlorophytum grows and develops.
Chlorophytum winged (orange)
Chlorophytum winged - It is a bush not more than 40 cm high, having long, broad leaves of oval shape of a ruby color, attached to the bush with the help of orange-pink petioles. The leaves at the base are narrower than at the top. Short arrows covered with ripe seeds resemble corncobs. In addition to the names winged and orange, Chlorophytum has another one - the Orchid Star. In order not to fade the flower, florists offer to cut the arrows when they appear. 
Chlorophytum curly (Bonnie)
Bonnie Chlorophytum can be confused with crested. A distinctive feature of this type is the ability of leaflets not to hang down, but rather, as it were, to twist around pots. For this feature, the people called the plant chlorophytum curly. Along the center of the leaf is a white stripe. This band, unlike other species, does not change its color if the conditions for flower growth are unfavorable. Arrows with flowers grow no more than 50 cm. Children form on the tips of flowering shoots.
Chlorophytum Laxum
Chlorophytum Laxum - A rare plant in the homes of avid flower growers. The leaves are thin, narrow, green in color with white stripes on the sides, forming a basal rosette. Small white flowers form a spikelet. The flowering of this type of chlorophytum is frequent. Since the flower does not form babies, multiply it, sharing the bush.
Important! If you left a flower for a long time without watering, it will not dry out and not disappear, since it accumulates moisture in the root system.
