Rhoeo Discolor (Tradescantia Spathacea)

Maintenance:

low / easy

Temperature:

18ºC to 27ºc

Water:

Every 3rd Day

Fertilizer:

Monthly in growing seasons

Sunlight:

6 To 8 Hours Daily

Soil:

rich, well drainage

Plant Food:

Neem oil to fight pests

Origin:

Mexico

Water Spray:

3 to 4 times a week

Lifecyle:

Perennial

Prune:

cut dead leaves

Repotting:

Every Year

Maintainence:

low / easy

Sunlight:

6 To 8 Hours Daily

Water:

EVERY 3RD DAY

Temperature:

18ºC to 27ºC

Fertilizer:

Monthly in growing seasons

Plant Food:

Neem oil to fight pests

Soil:

rich, well drainage

Water Spray:

3 to 4 times a week

Prune:

cut dead leaves

Lifecyle:

Perennial

Origin:

Mexico

Repotting:

Every Year

Rhoeo Discolor (Tradescantia Spathacea)

Botanical Name: Tradescantia Spathacea 

Also Known as:

• Rhoeo Discolor
• Oyster Plant
• Moses-in-the-cradle
• Boat Lily
• Moses-in-a-basket
• Prayer Plant

Rhoeo Discolor is Herbaceous perennial plant

Rhoeo discolor is a popular house plant. You’ll find that it’s just as easy to grow.

Dark-green, lance-shaped leaves with purplish-red undersides make this a beautiful house plant year-round. You can keep your plant indoors. But if you move it outdoors for the summer, keep it shaded from direct sun.

Rhoeo is normally grown due to the fact that they are very drought tolerant. As a matter of fact, this plant will develop some serious issues with root rot and foliage diseases if the plant is kept too wet or watered too often. This is a plant where it will be happier if you err on the side of dry and water this plant less.

Raise the humidity in winter by misting the foliage with tepid water daily, or using a cool-mist room humidifier. Or place the pot on a tray of wet pebbles to keep the air moist around it. It is an ideal plant for ground cover, hanging baskets, and window boxes. Excellent contrast plant for mixed container plantings or single potted specimen.

(Flowering plants only blossom naturally in their respective seasons. Fruit bearing plants only produce fruits naturally during their growing seasons. All plants are sold in generic nursery pots, and may naturally vary in colors/sizes from the exact images illustrated above.)