- Common name:
- Episcia Brown, Costa Rica, Blue Flowered Teddy-bear
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Chocleti Episcia
Category: Groundcovers, Indoor Plants
Family: Gesneriaceae or African Violet family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Orange
- Foliage color:
- Variegated, Bronze or coppery, Brown, Cream or off white
- Plant Height or length:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Low spreading
- Special Character:
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- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Animals will not eat
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Grows best in humid and warm regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - A beautiful ground cover for full sunlight in coastal areas and for semi shade in other areas.
- Leaves are 8-12 cms long.
- Large flowers of bright orange, 3-4 cm long.
- A very tropical plant.
- It ideal for use a ground cover in moist areas, in terrariums etc
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Growing tips:
- - A good grower but very sensitive to cold.
- Likes lots of humidity.
- Forms low growing clumps.
- Plant in well draining media with lots of organic matter.
- Plants do well in hanging baskets as well. Do not hang baskets if you are on higher floors in a non coastal area.
