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Tradescantia plusiantha

A little-known Tradescantia of the mountains of Oaxaca and Chiapas in southern Mexico, recorded mostly between about 900 and 1,600 m. It lives with a strong monsoon: very wet May to October, almost rainless December to April, so it does best with a lean, drier winter rather than year-round soaking.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Recorded on the Pacific-facing slopes of the Sierra Madre of Chiapas and southern Oaxaca, a landscape of seasonally dry tropical and pine-oak forest. Like most Mexican Tradescantia it is a ground herb of forest edges, banks and rocky slopes; details for this species are not published.

Recorded from 441 to 2,040 m, median about 1,300 m.

Mexico SoutheastMexico Southwest

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.