Posts Tagged ‘ Botanical Name ’

Is It Really a Spider Plant? Or a Bichetii Grass?

January 8, 2010
Is It Really a Spider Plant? Or a Bichetii Grass?

Have you ever bought a Spider Plant (aka Airplane Plant, botanical name: Chlorophytum comosum) that just never grows “baby spiders”, or runners, no matter how well you take care of it?  Instead of questioning your method of watering or  fertilizing your Spider Plant, may be first of all, you should examine your plant and...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in Houseplants | 1 Comment »

Botanical Name – What is in the name?

April 18, 2009
Botanical Name – What is in the name?

While we are familiar with the common names of our houseplants, most of us do not know the botanical name of our plants. This is totally fine, for it is absolutely not necessary to memorize those long, daunting botanical names. We can just use the botanical names for reference when looking up information of...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in Houseplants | No Comments »

Why Do We Use Botanical Names?

April 18, 2009
Why Do We Use Botanical Names?

While common name is so much easier for us to use, there are several good reasons for us to use botanical names for plant identification. Botanical Name – Unique to Only One Plant Every plant has at least one unique botanical name (or scientific name or Latin name) to it. This means that every...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in Houseplants | No Comments »