Re: Trandescantia??? identify if poss?
- Subject: Re: Trandescantia??? identify if poss?
- From: "Wim van Putten" w*@mail.telepac.pt
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:39:35 -0000
Sounds like Tradescantia fluminensis
Wim
Algarve zone 10
----- Original Message -----
From: <marianoo@wanadoo.es>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Trandescantia??? identify if poss?
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Another query.
>
> The plant is single rosette on single stalk, mid green leaves with
> narrow band of red/purple at leaf edge about 2 inches at its widest.
> (It looks like a bromeliad!!) It has a couple of runners/stems about 6"
> long at present growing from main stem.
>
> I got it recently at a garden fair, nobody knew what it is. Is it a
> broad leafed tradescantia or ....... Any ideas from my limited
> description.
>
> Thanks, Maria
> Zone 9, Spain.
>
