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title: "What happened here? 😅 the left photo is the mother plant…"
description: "What happened here? 😅 the left photo is the mother plant tradescantia nanouk, who wasn’t doing too good so I propagated her, and on the right is the baby…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/bkwtbH05d0kWJTM8VN5uT4"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Camy"
published: "2025-02-14T13:05:33.845535Z"
language: "en"
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# What happened here? 😅 the left photo is the mother plant…

_Posted by Camy on 2025-02-14_

What happened here? 😅 the left photo is the mother plant tradescantia nanouk, who wasn’t doing too good so I propagated her, and on the right is the baby plant. How and why are they almost looking like completely different plants? 😂 the baby’s leaves are much larger and do not have the variegation, even if both plants are getting the same amount of light. What is the science behind this?

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/UE2H6HLz7BCrJJcxYboOLNdtGLgZr-wz69yWpexFqR4/DP9HATE2SNSIYdaiQlR0GA.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/UE2H6HLz7BCrJJcxYboOLNdtGLgZr-wz69yWpexFqR4/11Bc7Ii_Tzia8SBlHUIAOA.webp?size=large)

## 4 comments

### KJM commented on 2025-02-14

On the plus side, your baby looks healthy and happy if not purple. Generally the nanook variegation is considered stable but obviously it occasionally goes green. All the information I have read suggests that changes in color are related to light and temperature. Why your two plants are different I can't say. Sorry.

#### Camy replied on 2025-02-14

It’s quite interesting! Thank you 🪴

### Matilda commented on 2025-02-14

It reverted! I’ve had that with a different tradescantia variety, I thought in my case it was the light conditions but there can be a few reasons

#### Camy replied on 2025-02-14

It’s so funny that it does that🙈🙈

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