I would love to know what houseplant this is: it has variegated leaves– vivid pink and green, tender, thin and shiny. Grows quickly, gets rangy, and tolerates cutting back. I just cut it back by half, about 12 inches, and am propagating new plants from the cuttings. I've had it for about one year and have not seen a bloom, nor have I ever seen this plant before having been given it. Being a novice computer user (a Mac), can't seem to upload a photo here, although sending them in emails isn't a problem.
Thank you saltcedar, for giving me a direction to search. The Hypoestes images I saw look a little different. My plant has large blazes of variegation, sometimes with a leaf being half pink (a shocking hue) and half green.
Alternanthera 'Party Time' I believe. http://www.itsaulplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=3
Yes, I would agree. There is one in my office. Note this is a patented plant. You can't propagate it legally without permission.
I think technically you are not even allowed to make cuttings of your own. (They want you to buy more.) I doubt such cases ever go to court unless someone is selling the plants. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/plant/#1
Seems unlikely that it's illegal. Farmers are allow to propagate by any means they choose any patented crop as long as it's for their own use. Why would home gardeners be treated differently under the law? I'm speaking only for the US don't know Canadian law.
