Episcia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Episcia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Episcia (Greek, shady; they grow wild in shady places). Gesneriaceae. Choice and interesting warm- house plants, E. cupreata being much prized for baskets. Herbs, with long, short or no hairs: st. from a creeping root, branched or not: lvs. opposite, equal or not in size: fls. pedicelled, axillary, solitary or clustered; corollas mostly scarlet, rarely whitish or purplish; tube straight or curved, more or less spurred at the base; limb oblique or nearly equal; lobes 5, spreading, rounded.—Perhaps 30 species, all Trop. American. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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