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title: "Help! I picked up this beautiful velvety baby at my local nursery and…"
description: "Help! I picked up this beautiful velvety baby at my local nursery and no one could tell me what she is!"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/6507898ae8166103ece747f8"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Kristal Rose"
published: "2023-09-17T23:19:38.334Z"
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# Help! I picked up this beautiful velvety baby at my local nursery and…

_Posted by Kristal Rose on 2023-09-17_

Help! I picked up this beautiful velvety baby at my local nursery and no one could tell me what she is!

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## 4 comments

### 🐚🌷Summer🌷🐚 commented on 2023-09-17

My phone says it’s a rubber fig

### FriendofVeg commented on 2023-09-18

My guess (though leaves are smaller on mine): Ruellia makoyana is commonly called “Monkey Flower” and “Trailing Velvet Plant”.

#### 🐚🌷Summer🌷🐚 replied on 2023-09-18

That makes sense

#### Kristal Rose replied on 2023-09-19

Thank you so much!

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