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Spider Plant Small
Spider Plant Small
A small spider plant, the perfect size to start a terrarium.
- Very easy
- Medium to bright, indirect
- Keep lightly moist
- 7cm grow pot
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Spider Plant Small
R 35.00
About this plant
About this plant
Spider plant - Small and perfect size to plant in your terrarium.
Also known as Chlorophytum comosum, ribbon plant, spider ivy, hen and chickens
This plant is perfect an open or closed terrarium
Medium to bright indirect light. No contact with direct sunlight.
Regularly check the small plantlets that it will make and remove them as they might take over your terrarium.
Note: This plant may or may not be in bloom when you receive it.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
A mini spider plant for terrariums
Chlorophytum comosum · also known as Spider plant, ribbon plant, spider ivy, hen and chickens
Native to South Africa and tropical Africa
A small plant of the classic spider plant, with arching, ribbon-like leaves. It's a South African native that grows happily in a terrarium.
- A small spider plant sized for an open or closed terrarium.
- A South African native, in a 7cm grow pot.
- Easy in medium to bright, indirect light.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Medium to bright, indirect light, away from direct sun. Good in an open or closed terrarium.
Care card
- Light
- Medium to bright, indirect
- Water
- Keep lightly moist
- Humidity
- Moderate to high
- Temperature
- 12 to 28°C
- Soil
- Moist, airy mix
- Feeding
- Rarely in terrariums
- Growth
- Fast, clumping
- Outdoors
- Shade, frost-free
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Plant it into your terrarium or keep it in bright, indirect light.
- Keep the soil lightly moist, not wet.
- Remove baby plantlets regularly so it doesn't take over.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Brown leaf tipsDry air or uneven watering. Keep the soil evenly moist.
- Scorched, pale leavesDirect sun. Move it to indirect light.
- Taking over the terrariumTrim leaves and remove plantlets as they appear.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A small plant in a 7cm grow pot. It may not be in bloom. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Can it go in a closed terrarium?
Can it go in a closed terrarium?
Yes, it's happy in open or closed terrariums.
Will it outgrow the terrarium?
Will it outgrow the terrarium?
It can. Remove plantlets and trim it regularly, or move it to a pot later.
Packed to arrive alive
4.94 out of 5 from 1107 reviews
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