| Description | Goes by many common names but "Baby's Tears" seems to be the most universal. Needs higher humidity and warmer temperatures. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Sunlight | moderate |
| Moisture | keep evenly moist, likes higher humidity, has a plant-tantrum if allowed to dry out |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | average house-cool, never hot and dry, frost tender |
| Flowers | miniscule rosy-pink, three-petaled flowers. |
| Leaves | lance shaped leaves are puckered and marked with silver. |
| Stems | intertwining mat of thin stems |
| Dimensions | spreads as far as the growing conditions allow, will cascade over the side of a pot or creep across the surface |
| Maintenance | Older plants become leggy and need to be cut back. |
| Propagation | The easiest way is by division. It will root from cuttings but the stems are very thin and hard to handle with out breakage. |
| Native Site | Native to Java and Burma. |
| Misc Facts | Named in honor of Joesph Francois Solerol (1863), a plant collector in Corsican. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf), #17-The World of House Plants (Elvin McDonald), #18-House Plant Encyclopedia (Nico Vermeulen) , #21-Indoor Gardening (Chicago Botanical Gardens Staff) |
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