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Pongol Sword

Chlorophytum laxum

In Singapore: Bichetii Grass, Saint Bernard's Lily (Cultivated in Singapore)

Pongol Sword
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Chlorophytum laxum is a grass-like perennial from the spider plant genus, with arching leaves and small white flowers. It grows easily in bright, indirect light and tolerates a range of conditions as a houseplant or garden groundcover.

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil feel dry; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Well-draining potting mix or loamy garden soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
NE. Trop. Africa, Arabian Pen., India to W. Malesia, N. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Chlorophytum laxum (Bichetii grass, Siam lily, false lily turf, wheat plant) is a flowering plant species in the genus Chlorophytum, widespread through tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Other Chlorophytum plants

Safed Musli · Bracketplant · Spider plant · Chlorophytum tuberosum · Grass Lilies

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chlorophytum laxum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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