A Detailed Introduction to the Benefits and Price of the Variegated Spider Plant
The variegated spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum 'Vittatum') is a type of spider plant, named for the yellow-white stripe running down the middle of its leaves. It is especially popular for this reason, since it looks more attractive and has more charm than an ordinary spider plant. So, is the variegated spider plant expensive? How much does it usually cost?
The variegated spider plant is an evergreen perennial herb with rhizomes underground. Its leaves are slender, linear-lanceolate, with a yellow-white longitudinal stripe down the center, clasping the stem at the base, and bright green. Runners emerge from the leaf axils, extend out of the clump, curve outward, and bear small plantlets with aerial roots at their tips. The flowers are white with 6 tepals, and the flowering period is spring and summer. Its flower meaning: "helpless yet giving hope."
Like other spider plants, the variegated spider plant has many kinds of value.
1. Medicinal value
Spider plants have high medicinal value, and the whole plant can be used as medicine. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and expelling phlegm, and promoting blood circulation. It can be used to treat fever, lung heat or lung yin deficiency, cough, and vomiting blood or hemoptysis, among other conditions. In addition, it can be decocted and taken to treat pharyngitis and other oral disorders.
2. Environmental value
Spider plants are very good at purifying the air. They can absorb harmful gases in the air such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde and benzene; in addition, the scent released by spider plants can also kill bacteria in the air.
3. Ornamental value
The variegated spider plant is an excellent indoor hanging foliage plant. It prefers a warm, humid, semi-shaded environment, is not cold-tolerant, and fears scorching sun exposure. In summer, when temperatures are high, it should be kept under a shade shed or in the shade of trees. In home decoration, it is usually hung up in a flower basket or hanging basket as a trailing ornamental display, which is very distinctive and has earned it the name "aerial flower." The variegated spider plant is relatively common in rustic, fresh-style home decor; it is generally hung up high and trails down, looking very nice.
With so many benefits, this plant must surely be expensive. Actually, that is not the case. Although the variegated spider plant has so many benefits, it is not difficult to plant or cultivate, and it is a plant that is easy to grow and easy to keep alive. Therefore, the variegated spider plant is not expensive; you can buy a pot for 5 yuan or 10 yuan. Of course, that is a small pot of variegated spider plant.