Does anyone know what this plant is called? It's a creeping vine type plant with light green & white variegated, almond-shaped leaves. It was thriving last year, but since my cat turfed it on the floor and I had to re-pot and move it, it's been struggling (thus the yellower colour to some of the leaves). Thanks!
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Hello !
Cybergrannie is right it is a Tradescantia Fluminensis and because of its white and green colors it is Tradescantia Fluminensis variegata. When different coloured parts appear on the leaves of a plant which normally would be plain green "variegata" is added to the plant name. The Ficus benjamina in nurseries used to be plain green leaf plant and then the first green and yellow or green and white leaf ficus began to be sold and they are called ficus benjamina variegata.
If you want to give this plant the best conditions to grow you should not try to make it climb it is not a climber and it is not a vine, on the contrary it thrills when grown hanging from a basket.
Hope this helps !
It could be a striped variety of pothos. It will probably survive.
Thanks for the reply; I have checked various pothos plants but it doesn't resemble any of them (thankfully, since they are toxic and I have a cat). The leaves are very thin and soft, almost slightly furry, which isn't a characteristic of pothos plants.
I do think it will survive; some of the trails have greened up to normal, but it would be nice to know what it is to give it its best chance.
I believe you have a Green wandering Jew, Tradescantia fluminensis. Take a look at the photos and see what you think.
Yes! I never thought Wandering Jew because of the colour but you're right! Not sure if it's technically T. fluminensis or T. albiflora but it's definitely a Tradescantia. Thank you!
Cindy
After looking at your plant again, I'm not so sure about it being a green Wandering Jew so maybe someone else will have a better answer.
I sure agree with you Cybergrannie in that the species appears to be in the (Tradescantia) family.
There's many, but this particular one in question, I don't know the exact name of.
I made a "side-by-side" picture of your plant and uploaded it with Tinypic.com of this species of Tradescantia, which the "stalk" or "trailing foliage" seems to be able to grow upright, or "trail" - but I'm not positive this is it, but it looks extremely similar to me.
Type in Google ( tradescantia albiflora ) and then look in
*Images* as this could be your plant.
I agree - seeing the photos here it is definitely Tradescantia (just not sure of the exact species - both fluminensis and albiflora look like it; might be a case of whether the variegations are cream vs. white?). Thank you so much!
Cindy
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