{"product_id":"neea-virens-blue-ecuador","title":"Neea virens 'Blue Ecuador'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNeea virens\u003c\/em\u003e is a species of Nyctaginaceae from South America. This small, woody shrub is widespread. \u003cem\u003eNeea virens\u003c\/em\u003e can be found from Colombia, through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, to Paraguay, following the Andes in warm and humid to wet lowlands up to the premontane rainforest (0 - 1200m above sea level) on the rainy eastern side of the mountain range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt grows as a woody shrub, about 1.5 to 2 meters high, in the undergrowth and seems to occur in nature only in undisturbed primary forests and in permanently moist locations, often in the wet premontane rainforest which is characterized by a variety of mosses and epiphytes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts striking leaf coloration, ranging from greenish-turquoise to turquoise-gray with a red midrib depending on the light, is not mentioned in the numerous herbarium specimens or in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.digitale-sammlungen.de\/de\/view\/bsb11796999?page=40,41\"\u003especies description from 1897\u003c\/a\u003e. The conspicuous orange\/red flowers are also not mentioned. On herbarium specimens, the flowers of \u003cem\u003eNeea virens\u003c\/em\u003e are usually described as greenish, pink, light, or more rarely reddish. We are therefore skeptical whether the plant offered here is actually \u003cem\u003eNeea virens\u003c\/em\u003e and are selling it as \u003cem\u003eNeea\u003c\/em\u003e cf. \u003cem\u003evirens\u003c\/em\u003e for the time being. It is definitely a \u003cem\u003eNeea\u003c\/em\u003e, but possibly an undescribed species, or perhaps simply a very beautiful and rare form of the widespread \u003cem\u003eN. virens\u003c\/em\u003e. It is also traded under the epithet \"Blue Ecuador\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough it seems to be quite common in nature and is also widespread, it has rarely been cultivated so far. However, cultivation in a humid and warm terrarium is quite easy, although it grows rather slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will receive a rooted cutting in a 7 cm pot with new growth.\u003cbr\u003eThe cuttings come from our mature mother plant and may already be flowering. The coloration of new shoots is not yet as pronounced, but rather pale green.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jungle Leaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57335892640121,"sku":"Nee01","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/8389\/6953\/files\/neea-cf-virens-blue-ecuador-02.jpg?v=1779885473","url":"https:\/\/www.jungle-leaves.de\/en\/products\/neea-virens-blue-ecuador","provider":"Jungle Leaves","version":"1.0","type":"link"}