{"product_id":"dioscorea-mexicana","title":"Dioscorea Mexicana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDioscorea mexicana — Mexican Tortoise Plant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMexico looked at a tortoise and said, “We can grow that.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd somehow, they did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDioscorea mexicana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e grows a chunky, woody caudex that slowly cracks into tortoise-shell-like plates, then shoots out long climbing vines covered in heart-shaped leaves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart potato. Part tortoise. Somehow still a vine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBotany was unsupervised.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Dioscorea mexicana:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlso known as the Mexican Tortoise Plant, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDioscorea mexicana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rare caudiciform vine native to Mexico and Central America. It is prized by caudex collectors for its large, sculptural, fissured caudex and vigorous climbing growth. Often compared with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDioscorea elephantipes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, mexicana develops its own distinctive broad, plated caudex as it matures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Platy \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48650938417374,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0749\/1118\/7166\/files\/3770BEBD-D7E0-4772-8300-EAD6288B73D9.png?v=1787889917","url":"https:\/\/platyandco.ca\/fr\/products\/dioscorea-mexicana","provider":"Platy \u0026 Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}