Chlorophytum

...A perennial plant of the lily family native to South Africa (illustration). The Japanese name comes from the fact that the leaves of the baby plants that grow at the end of the creeping branches that grow out from between the leaves resemble folded paper cranes. Although the spider plant is called an orchid, it is not a member of the orchid family. It is popular as an ornamental plant in a hanging pot. The leaves are long and thin, dark green, and 20 to 40 of them spread out in all directions from the base of the plant on a short stem. Small white flowers grow at the end of long flower stalks and bloom from spring to summer, but are not conspicuous. The plant grows creeping branches from between the leaves, and new seedlings grow at the tips of these branches, extending aerial roots and actively reproducing vegetatively. ...

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…南アフリカ原産のユリ科の多年草（イラスト）。和名は，葉の間から出る匍匐（ほふく）枝の先につく子株の葉の姿が，折鶴に似るところから名づけられた。オリヅルランはランという名がついても，ラン科の植物ではない。つり鉢として観賞上，人気がある。葉は細長く濃緑で，短い茎の株もとから四方へ20～40枚が広がる。小さな白い花が長い花茎の先につき，春から夏にかけて咲くが，目だたない。葉間から匍匐枝を出し，その先端部に新苗をつけ，気根をのばし，盛んに栄養繁殖をする。…

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