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Chlorophytum bowkeri

Chlorophytum bowkeri (Mary Sue Ittner)
Common names: giant chlorophytum, Bowker's chlorophytum (Eng.); groot boskuikens (Afr.)
Family: Agavaceae

... to Mary Sue Ittner for allowing us to use her images . Chlorophytum bowkeri is a hardy, evergreen, rhizomatous, ... capsules, which ripen in autumn (late April to June). Chlorophytum bowkeri is not endemic to South Africa; it also ... margins, often forming colonies in damp grassland. Giant chlorophytum is a water-wise and frost-hardy species. It ...

09 / 09 / 2019 | Refilwe Maria Malatji | Pretoria NBG
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Chlorophytum capense

Chlorophytum capense
Common names: Cape spider plant, bracket plant
Family: Agavaceae

... and Craig Peter for providing pictures on iNaturalist. Chlorophytum capense is an evergreen herbaceous perennial ... a style. The fruit is a capsule containing black seeds. Chlorophytum capense is native to South Africa, where it ... introduced in many different tropical regions worldwide. Chlorophytum capense grows in shaded bush and the plants can ...

01 / 07 / 2024 | Sefularo Ramaboea | National Zoological Gardens
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Chlorophytum comosum

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Common names: hen-and-chickens, spider plant (Eng.); hen-en-kuikens (Afr.); iphamba (Zulu)
Family: Agavaceae

... and shiny. Flowering period: During the summer months. Chlorophytum comosum is one of 38 Chlorophytum species in South Africa (Archer 2003) and is ... rooting when the inflorescence touches the ground. Chlorophytum comosum is widely distributed from Swellendam in ...

05 / 11 / 2012 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Chlorophytum cremnophilum

Chlorophytum cremnophilum
Common names: cliff spider plant, cliff hen and chickens (Eng.); krans hen-en-kuikens (Afr.)
Family: Agavaceae

... style 15 mm long, curving upwards, with a minute stigma. Chlorophytum cremnophilum flowers mainly during late spring ... roots and stems makes the plant drought tolerant. Chlorophytum Chlorophytum cremnophilum is easily grown in cultivation both ...

03 / 08 / 2015 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Chlorophytum saundersiae

Plant in flower
Common names: weeping anthericum (Eng.); watergras (Afr.)
Family: Agavaceae

... Anne Johannsmeier National Herbarium, Pretoria May 2013   Chlorophytum saundersiae is a gregarious (growing in groups ... long thin roots without tubers (tubers are found in other Chlorophytum species such as C. comosum `hen-and-chickens'). ... is more closely related to the Asparagus or Aloe families. Chlorophytum saundersiae occurs naturally in KwaZulu-Natal, ...

13 / 05 / 2013 | A Johannsmeier | Pretoria NBG
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