I have a spider plant that is about 2 years old. It has been growing babies since it was only a few months old. Anyway, some of the plantlets have become very large and the roots on them seem to be growing while they're still attached to the mother plant. It's so weird-looking. They usually have those little nubby things that turn out to be roots when you place them in water, but a bunch of them have elongated green ones that are an inch long in some cases. Why is it doing this? Is it normal? Also, some of the baby plants are sprouting suuuuuuuper long stems that create a node with some leaves and then just keep on going until eventually it stops and grows a plantlet at the end. I have two plantlets that have grown these super long stems- the longer one is about 4.5-5 feet long. They grow really fast, too. One time I came back to work after a long weekend, and it had grown down and halfway across my desk. lol (the plant is on top of the above cabinet attached to my cubicle wall). I have these stems hooked along the walls of my cubicle because otherwise they'd be all over the place. lol. I just think it's so weird and I've never seen a spider plant do stuff like this before. It's one of the solid green ones- not variegated so maybe it has different behavior than the more common variegated ones? Anyone have any experience? I'm just really curious.
You have a very happy chlorophytum. Sounds like she's living up to one of her common names "Mala Madra" or mother of millions. The babies are just doing what comes naturally. You can pot up the ones with roots or leave them alone. I have seen three kinds of spiders - your solid green, the green and whitish striped one and a green and whitish striped one with faint stipes of pink. When happy they behave just as yours is doing. They are also one of many plants that help "clean the air" in a room. Enjoy
Yeah, all of that is normal for a well-grown plant. (Side note: "mala madre" actually means "bad mother," not mother of millions.)
