Species · genus Gibasis · Commelinaceae

Dotted Bridalveil

Gibasis pellucida (M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt

Also known as: Bridalveil · Tahitian Bridalveil

Growth habit

subshrub

Native range

El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Reference · G. pellucida

Cultivars of G. pellucida

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under G. pellucida yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Gibasis pellucida is a trailing subshrub from Mexico and Central America in the spiderwort family, with fine, semi-translucent foliage on thin stems. It wants bright indirect light to keep its growth compact and its trailing habit full. Water when the top inch of mix has dried; it has soft, moisture-holding stems that rot if kept constantly wet.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

13–27 °C

Soil mix

Light, well-draining peat or coir-based potting mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings root readily in water or moist soil

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed at half strength monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Freely produces tiny white flowers, even indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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