<i>Tradescantia spathacea</i> flowers. There is a large bract at the base of the flowers, and as flowers mature they move back, to the right of the photo. The bract looks like a boat, leading the the names, "Boat Lily" and "Moses-in-a-boat".
Jim Conrad
2008-10-06
<p>JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER. Written in Sabacché and issued from a
ciber in nearby Mérida, Yucatán, MÉXICO.
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