African Violets and Gesneriads: My First Terrarium & Other Chatter, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Yep ... those are stolons! I know a lot of folks take off the stolons to root for new plants. I am new to Episcia's and have not removed any stolons on my plants with the exception of blue heaven. The very first two Episcia's I tried died. I was so sad. :( Then I read where someone grew them in terrarium's so I potted all of mine in glass jars/vases etc. with lids or saran wrap over the top. Some are in soil with moist long fiber spaghnum around the base and some are in straight moist spaghnum! They are all on my plant stands under lights and seem to be doing great! I had my very first little bloom on Pink Panther a few weeks ago. I really look forward to lots more flowers! I'm hoping someone who knows more about these will give us some advice on the tall lanky ones because I have a few like that too. I've been thinking about cutting them back to see if they will fill out and get bushier.