A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The House Plant Forum Airplane Plant or Spider Plant

I have a plant that is either an airplane or spider plant (I am not sure of the difference); however, this plant is white in the middle and green on the outer edges of the leaves. I have another that has an all green leaf.

The one that I am concerned about is the first one. It seems that the color is fading. My mom moved it the outer edge of the window where it doesn't get much light, could that be the problem?

Thanks, Carla

yep I agree with Joclyn I have one outside hanging in dappled shade and one inside hanging a bit to the side of a window that only gets early morning sun by 10 am it only gets indirect light and is doing very well. I found that when it got direct sun it turned lighter in color so I moved it out of direct sun and gradually it went back to the green,
The Green and white one you have is the variegated that's what I have!

The airplane plant is also a spider plant, spider plants come in many variations, all green, green with a white stripe, green with white edges, some with yellow etc. The Airplane plant is basically a curly spider plant.

Apparently spider plants do fade when they are removed from the light. See about moving it back or to another location.

I have my spider plant where it gets indirect light--and not much of it
(I have it to the side of my glass sliding doors, which face west---but I keep the vertical shades on them closed because--& if opened in the afternoon my houe becomes a green house)---it is doing very well there. I water once a week.

perhaps I should mantion the blinds are not insulated, so some light gets thru. :wink: