What could possibly be wrong? Teeth marks on the leaves pointed to at least one of four possible troublemakers. Then, I witnessed Griffin barf up suspicious looking plant matter, but I it didn't explain the wholesale misery of our particular specimen. Then I saw it. Griffin was sitting on the spider plant. Moreover, she seemed to have no awareness that she was doing anything wrong. It must have seemed like a perfect place to watch squirrels and -- you have to admit -- she looks extremely content. Recognizing our uphill battle, I moved the plant from the clay pot to a hanging plastic pot. It's thriving now that Griffin is unable to sit on it.
We were interested in spider plants (chlorophytum comosum) after learning about their ability to absorb air pollutants. I didn't think they were going to be a problem because some say that these plants are "the easiest to grow of all the hanging or trailing plants" and are "among the easiest houseplants to propagate." No one, however, considered the Griffin factor.
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