Its called the Wandering jew... purple hued leaves ... and mauve-pink flowers, the leaves may even be green with magenta or violet stripes. googling will get you many images with flowers... Wondering jew is called Zebrina pendula ....
usha di =========== On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Tanay Bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All. > Sorry for the informal letter size in the previous mail. I am not sure why > this crazy thing happened. > I apologize for the problem. > Regards > Tanay > > > On 1 May 2012 09:58, Tanay Bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Surajit Da. >> Tradescantia spathacea is the accepted name for the plant and Rhoeo >> discolor is considered as its synonym. >> Tanay >> >> On 1 May 2012 09:46, surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sir / Madam, >>> >>> A net search on *Rhoeo* *discolor* gave me all white flowers. Then what >>> this species could be? >>> >>> Species : *Rhoeo* *discolor* (syn. *Tradescantia* >>> *spathacea*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia_spathacea>) >>> ? >>> Habit & Habitat : herb, pot-plant, garden >>> Date : 10-03-2012, 10.00 a.m. >>> Place : Gobra (Hooghly), WB >>> >>> Thank you & Regards, >>> >>> Surajit Koley >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Tanay Bose* >> Research & Teaching Assistant. >> Department of Botany. >> University of British Columbia . >> 6270 University Blvd. >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> tanay.b...@botany.ubc.ca <ta...@interchange.ubc.ca> >> *Webpages:* >> UBC Botany , Berbee Lab <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html> >> UBC Botany, People <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html> >> EfloraofIndia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> >> >> >> > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > tanay.b...@botany.ubc.ca <ta...@interchange.ubc.ca> > *Webpages:* > UBC Botany , Berbee Lab <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html> > UBC Botany, People <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html> > EfloraofIndia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> > > > -- Usha di ===========
