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Friday, December 25, 2020

Tradescantia hirta


Tradescantia hirta

hirtus, -a, -um refers to the hairiness of the plant.

Just like every other Tradescantia, they are easy to get them to root
in water, in sphagnum moss, or directly into the soil.


Tradescantia hirta is a botanical species from NE Mexico, in the family Commelinaceae. Its characteristic are the thin stems covered with hairs. And also, it's a rarely seen Tradescantia species that forms tear-drop bulbs that sit on top of the soil, in clusters.
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