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Field Notes

Description:

small plant, attractive black leaves with pink veins

Habitat:

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Notes:

I spotted this in Tupana Aru reserve. I would love to get something like this into commercial cultivation. This would be a great houseplant.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Dan Doucette
Thanks, I was thinking Fittonia too Despina and I saw a few that looked similar but wasn't sure.
DespinaTsafetopoulou
Must be some fittonia species, I allready checked 4 of the 15 known species, but I can't find the full list with the rest of the names... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fittonia

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PublishedAugust 1, 2013

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