{"product_id":"dioscorea-crystal","title":"Dioscorea \"Crystal\"","description":"\u003ch3\u003eVariegated Dioscorea Garrettii \"Crystal\" currently (incorrectly) also sold under the names \"Transversa Pink Albo\" and \"Transversa Albo.\" \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm not going to get into it too in-depth here (there's a blog on this coming later) but there seems to be a lot of misinformation about this plant circulating at the moment. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBroad-strokes: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/powo.science.kew.org\/taxon\/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317992-1\" title=\"Dioscorea Garrettii (Prain \u0026amp; Burkill) Thailand\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDioscorea Garrettii (native to Thailand)\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/powo.science.kew.org\/taxon\/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318703-1\" title=\"Dioscorea Transversa (R.Br.) Australia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDioscorea Transversa (native to Austrailia)\u003c\/a\u003e are not the same plant. However, what you're commonly seeing sold as a \"Dioscorea Transversa Pink Albo\" are actually mislabeled variegated Dioscorea Garrettii. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt's possible there is a variegated Transversa species circulating out there somewhere, but none of the \"Pink Albo\" I've seen posted to date are it. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful vining plant native to the\u003cspan\u003e Indian Subcontinent through parts of southwestern China. \u003c\/span\u003eVariegation can appear as speckled, marbled or sectoral, first coming in a deep shade of pink which slowly fades down a creamy color and then, eventually, fully white.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMother-plant was purchased from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplanthouse.th\/\" title=\"The Plant House on Instagram\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Plant House\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommended potting mix: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/curiousplantkiller.com\/products\/potting-mix\" title=\"CPK Potting Mix\"\u003eCPK Potting Mix\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecommended semi-hydro medium: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/curiousplantkiller.com\/products\/pon-lechuza\" title=\"Lechuza Pon\"\u003eLechuza Pon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curious Plant Killer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329765281985,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0785\/6304\/9665\/files\/Dioscorea-Crystal-_1.jpg?v=1781787563","url":"https:\/\/curiousplantkiller.com\/fr\/products\/dioscorea-crystal","provider":"Curious Plant Killer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}