What's this plant?: SOLVED: Oyster Plant . Moses In Basket?

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onalee Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) October 13, 2008 6:13 PM	I had someone email me this photo of a plant that they say is an Oyster Plant, Tradescantia, spathacea. I don't think that's what it is, but am not sure what it may be - I've never seen an oyster plant grow tall like this - Anyone have any ideas what it may be? This is the only photo I have of it. thanks, Onalee View Larger
Metrosideros Keaau, HI October 13, 2008 11:35 PM	Not Tradescantia spathacea, but it does look like it's in the Spiderwort Family. Maybe a Dichondra species?
onalee Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) October 14, 2008 12:52 AM	I don't know - I'll check on that. To me it looks like some kind of ginger . . . Onalee
suse Bretten (Germany) October 14, 2008 3:58 AM	Some kind of Dracaena?
Metrosideros Keaau, HI October 14, 2008 1:46 PM	The stems and leaves of the plant show that it is in the Spiderwort Family, Commelinaceae.
onalee Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) October 14, 2008 1:52 PM	I agree that it does look similar to both some of the commelinaceae and dracaena speices - I wonder if it may be in the commelinaceae because moses in the basket is in that same family and whoever she got it from told her it was an oyster plant/moses in the basket. I can't yet find one on PF in either of these families that really resembles this one as far as the leaf coloring goes. thanks for your help! Onalee
plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9a) October 14, 2008 2:09 PM	It might be this one: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
Nan SW, WI (Zone 4b) October 14, 2008 2:09 PM	Oh, they'll grow like that (notice it's staked, too) when they're lacking adequate light....that has much to do with the foliage's coloring, too. It looks like the varigated cultivar, and it's not getting enough light. I've seen it because it's happened to mine in the past during the dark winters when the windows with bright light are already full of plants! (Ü)
Metrosideros Keaau, HI October 15, 2008 4:22 AM	Plantladylin and Nan are very convincing; if the plant was grown in a lack of bright light, there would be etiolation.
onalee Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) October 17, 2008 11:19 AM	Yes, I guess that's right - I almost told this person she was crazy that moses in a basket would not grow tall like that - luckily, I didn't!! I guess I'll tell her to put it out where it can get more light, unless she likes it straggly like that. thanks much! Onalee

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