| Description | A variegated form of the more common Moses-in-the-Boat. Needs just the right spot or it will revert back to all green. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Sunlight | The correct light will help maintain the coloration in the leaves. Best in bright light. |
| Moisture | Evenly moist to approach dryness. Plant is somewhat succulent. |
| Growing Media | Don't over fertilize. This is one cause of losing the variegation in the leaves. |
| Flowers | The flowers are tiny and white found in a boat (cradle)shaped purple bracts. |
| Leaves | Striped with pale yellow bands, running lengthwise up the leaf. Underside of the leaf will be red-purple in the proper light. |
| Dimensions | This plant is slower growing than the species. |
| Maintenance | Sooner or later these plants will need to be given a hair cut. I will cut them back to around an inch of the base and they will readily regrow. |
| Propagation | Cutting are very easy to root. Ones taken further down the stem, near the base of the plant seem to root over night. Cuttings taken in the mid to upper portion of the stem will root in around a week or less. |
| Misc Facts | I have also seen this plant listed as Rhoeo spathacea "Variegata". |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf), , #21-Indoor Gardening (Chicago Botanical Gardens Staff) |
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