A hybrid spider plant?

Im very much smittened with this plant which looks like a spider plant I had. I fell in love head over heel when I first set eyes on it at a nursery near my house 6 months ago. When I bought it, there was no flower only baby spiders (plantlets). I was surprised and delighted when last week it started to bloom profusely with tiny white flowers! I have been taking snap shots of the pretty plant like crazy! My next door neighbours must be thinking, Im mad or have gone bonkers, always snapping photos in my garden from morning till evening...haha..

its so pretty with its white flowers at the tips dangling like sprays of fireworks

But when I asked the nursery owner, she said it was another type of spider plant. I was wondering, could it be a hybrid of the original one?



the regular spider plant hanging on my pergola, the leaves have white/light yellow centre with the edges green and they are papery to touch, have never seen it blooms before......Could this one be 'married' (sorry Im using the layman's language) to this plant down here...

I Variegated Mondo Grass ( Ophipogon Japonicus)

James Missier was so kind to let me know the name of this plant, thanks James.


I dont know the name of this plant, which has green, smooth, soft and very thin leaves with white margin, though no dangling babies........to produce that beautiful, more superior looking plant in my first photo?

Maybe its true, its a hybrid of the spider plant and the above plant, because it has the qualities of both parent plants. It has spikes that dangle with the baby spiders (plantlets) at the tips like the original spider plant. It also has white flowers at the tips of the spikes among the plantlets. Though the original spider plant doesn't have any flowers (not that I have seen one before) , I know the other plant (which I dont know its name) has very tiny white flowers. Except the hybrid (presumably) has fleshy, thicker and wider leaves and the colour is a darker green at the centre with light green or yellow or white at the margin.

see...the close-up of the lovely white fllowers...


the tiny flowers at the tip of the spike among the baby spiders

can't get enough photographing the lovely sprays of flowers!

....this was when I first bought the plant 6 months back

then it started blooming.....

and blooming...

After all the hype or presumptuously about it being a hybrid, can it be another type of spider plant after all, just like the nursery owner said, which I have never seen or knew before. If any botanist can enlighten me, I will be very grateful indeed.

Here are some facts about the spider plant. Botanically spider plant is called Chlorophytum cornosum. It is very easy to grow by using the large collection of 'babies' or plantlets and it looks great in a hanging basket or pot. I found out through the internet, spider plant however, is very sensitive to treated tap water. If your spider plant starts showing some brown tips (mine does), it doesn't mean its due to lack of water, its just a reaction to the chemicals in the tap water. So its better if you water it using distilled water, rain water, melted snow or reverse osmosis water (looks like I have to collect rain water to water it now). Once you have changed the water, I think the plant will have its normal healthy leaves again but first you need to trim off the brown tips. But still, dont over-water it, the roots will rot, so let it dry between waterings.

Soon I will propagate this hybrid spider plant after it finishes flowering, by cutting the plantlets and have many, many more of this lovely plants, enjoying the lovely white spray of its tiny flowers hanging in my garden! Happy gardening!