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Jan 29, 2013 5:31 PM CST
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Jan 29, 2013 6:52 PM CST
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Some sort of spiderwort, maybe 'Angelic Charm'?

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Jan 29, 2013 8:20 PM CST
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Name: Paul
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I think you are right Dave.........shall I add it to the data base?
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Jan 30, 2013 6:49 AM CST
Name: Janet Super Sleuth
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The leaves are not like the Tradescantia which you see as garden plants. It does look like the house plant type of Tradescantia called Wandering Jew, I haven't quite found a match.

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The closest I can find is Tradescantia fluminensis, it has white flowers which your plant shows. The leaves are described as green though.

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Jan 30, 2013 6:57 AM CST
Name: Janet Super Sleuth
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I think it's either a cultivar of T. fluminensis or the growing conditions have changed the leaf colour.

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Jan 30, 2013 7:30 AM CST
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Name: Paul
Utah (Zone 5b)
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Thanks Janet.....it is a houseplant type....not a garden type.
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Jan 31, 2013 7:18 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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It looks like Callisia repens to me: Inch Plant (Callisia repens)
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Jan 31, 2013 9:31 AM CST
Name: Janet Super Sleuth
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I don't think so Lin, the leaves on Callisia repens look smaller and it doesn't have flowers like this one, the habit is also more pendulus.

http://chalk.richmond.edu/flor...

http://saintlucianplants.com/c...

http://homepage2.nifty.com/hih...

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Jan 31, 2013 9:41 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
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It looks like T. fluminensis to me, with some kind of chlorosis. If not, look at Gibasis geniculata although the leaves are really shaped more like the T. fluminensis. Would you be able to put a clearer pic of a flower. That should help in ID'ing. From what I can see of the flowers in these pics, they rule out the Callisa repens which I also thought at first.
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Jan 31, 2013 10:47 AM CST
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Name: Paul
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I will need to go back to the nursery and get better pictures of the flowers.
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Jan 31, 2013 12:21 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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Geesh, I am getting old! *Blush* I forgot to enlarge the photo ... again! It's definitely not Callisia.
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