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Chlorophytum orchidastrum Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Chlorophytum

Characteristics

A lily plant that grows 20-40 cm high. The roots are thick and fleshy and form small tubers. The leaves are broad and sword shaped. They are in rings at the top of the rhizomes. It forms clumps. The flowers are are white and in spikes.
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Inflorescences usually branched, about 11/2 ft. long
Broad leaves about 1 ft. long
Flowers pale green or white
Woolly tomentose roots
A stemless herb
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.18 - 0.3
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It needs a tropical or subtropical climate. It needs moist soils.
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In forest.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown by division or using offsets or the bulbs. It can also be grown from seeds. These are collected from pods that dry on the plants.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Chlorophytum orchidastrum unspecified picture

Distribution

Chlorophytum orchidastrum world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533000-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763512
COL ID 5XXS2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Chlorophytum mannii Chlorophytum petiolatum Chlorophytum seretii Chlorophytum talbotii Chlorophytum macropodum Chlorophytum zenkeri Phalangium oligospermum Chlorophytum seretii var. likimensis Chlorophytum orchidastrum
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