Tropic Bay Temptress Tee

She doesn't ask twice.

Some plants you have to talk yourself into. This isn't one of them. Fans gone deep purple and magenta, buds stacked tight and frosted to the tips, orange pistils curling through the lot. You walk past her once and somehow end up back at that corner of the garden more often than you'd care to admit.

That's the Tropic Bay Temptress. She's one of ours, bred by WildRoot Cultivars, and this tee is her portrait.

The artwork runs big across the chest: the whole plant in full colour, framed by a hand-drawn Western-style border with her name arched across the top and signed off underneath. The border and lettering are inked in black with a fine cream keyline, so the print sits sharp on a light shirt and still lifts right off a dark one.

No sleeve print. No back print. Just the front piece and a woven WRC label stitched on. Let the plant do the talking.

The blank

300gsm pure cotton. Heavyweight and properly opaque — it hangs off the shoulder instead of clinging, and it comes out of the wash the same shirt that went in. Drop shoulder with a boxy body, so it sits loose through the chest and falls straight rather than tapering. Ribbed round neck that holds its shape.

Specifications

Care

1. Machine wash cold, 30°C, gentle cycle
2. Do not bleach
3. Tumble dry low
4. Iron low — never directly on the print
5. Do not dry clean

Wash it inside out and it'll outlive the trend cycle.

A note on batches

Small variations between batches are normal — temperature, humidity and material lots all move the needle slightly. We chase these down as tight as we can, but a shirt made by people in the real world will never be identical to the one before it. We reckon that's a feature.