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Tradescantia (Commelinaceae) researcher, and cultivar registration authority for the genus.

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Remember the mystery seedlings I've been teasing about since last year? It's finally time for the big reveal... but it's a bit disappointing.

As a few people guessed, the seed parent is Tradescantia 'DRATRA01' (aka Roxxo), and the seedlings are identical to that cultivar.

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The species identity of this cultivar is a bit uncertain - it was released as T. spathacea, but it seems to in fact be T. schippii.

T. schippii belongs to the Campelia subgenus, alongside T. zebrina. So, last year when my 'DRATRA01' flowered I tried to cross-pollinate it with my zebrina cultivars - the closest relative I had. I eventually got a few seeds, which turned into a few seedlings, and I was hopeful that I might actually have a new hybrid on my hands.

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