Tradescantia Roxxo is another variety of Tradescantia I recently acquired. It is a new hybrid from Dutch Dracenea nursery 'De Plaats'.
This new hybrid has dark green and purple coloration. Here’s a stock photo for your reference of what the plant looks like when healthy and thriving with no imperfection. Photo from Nieuwkoop Europe.
Photo by Nieuwkoop Europe
According to Commelinaceae plants blogspot website, the tradescantia roxxo is a cross between Tradescantia pallida X Tradescantia zebrina X Tradescantia multiflora (Gibasis pellucida).
Photo taken on 11/20/21 right out of the box after receiving in the mail
The plant seemed to have developed fungal disease and I had to treat it with copper fungicide. You can see leaf damages from the following photos from treatment.
Tradescantia Roxxo by Chic Planting, Photo taken on 12/15/21
Tradescantia Roxxo by Chic Planting, Photo taken on 12/15/21
Tradescantia Roxxo by Chic Planting, Photo taken on 12/15/21
After almost a month of no sign of improvement, I had to cut it to encourage faster growth as well as to hoping new leaves will eventually make its appearance.
I simply stick the cuttings back into the same pot directly into the soil to root.
This plant sits in my plant rack indoor (in my garage) under a led full spectrum grow light, 12 inches away from the light that has an output of 600++ umol of PAR.
PPFD – Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density μMol/m2/s.
PPFD measures the amount of PAR light (photons) that arrive at the plant's surface each second. ... For a grow light to be effective, it should have PAR values of 500-1500 μMol/m2/s.
You should expect this plant to appear in our stock available for sale in spring of 2022.