As I scroll through my fb feed there are lots of ads for plants. One, in particular, caught my eye. When I was a kid, my mom had these pretty plants and she called them ’Wandering Jew’. I don’t know the origin of the name, but I never questioned it. So I looked it up.
It seems that in our politically correct era, they are now called ‘Wandering Dude’!!!
The Wandering Jew is a mythical immortal man whose legend began to spread in Europe in the 13th century. In the original legend, a Jew who taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion was then cursed to walk the Earth until the Second Coming
Tradescantia zebrina, formerly known as Zebrina pendula, is a species of creeping plant in the Tradescantia genus. Common names include silver inch plant and wandering Jew. The latter name is controversial, and some now use the alternative wandering dude.
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