Details
| Full name | Tradescantia ohiensis ‘Hoge Jan’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Named and described online by Hatch (2021). No hardcopy publication has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | Introduced by Jan Spruyt – Van der Jeugd nursery in Belgium around 2017 (Hatch, 2021). |
| Classification | The plant was originally published as Tradescantia ohiensis. Because it originated at a nursery in Belgium, it may instead be a hybrid of the Andersoniana Group, but the original identification is currently accepted with no way to confirm. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Rare or lost from cultivation, it has not been found for sale. |
Description
Described by Hatch (2021).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia ohiensis. |
| Growth habit | 60-80cm high. |
| Flowers | Medium lilac-blue. |
References
Brickell, C. D., Alexander, C., Cubey, J. J., David, J. C., Hoffman, M. H. A., Leslie, A. C., Malécot, V., Jin, X. (2016). International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. PDF link.
Hatch, L. C. (2021). Hatch’s Perennials 2021-2022 Edition: Taccarum to Typha.