Is this an african voilet? I can't find it in my houseplant book or online anywhere. Here I have cuttings growing hydroponically. It has gotten pretty big in the past couple weeks.
ID please very pretty orange flower
Hi! It is an Episcia, which is in the same Gesneriad family as African Violets. It's impossible to say which hybird or cultivar it is because many of them grown from seed can look similar. They are ground covers where they are from, meaning they make good trailers and baskets for us. Growing conditions are basically the same as african violets.
Morning!
Here are some sites that might help you to identify which Episcia it is.
http://www.streptocarpus-info.com/Episcia/index.html
http://www.violets-o-ley.com/episcias.htm
http://babe.smugmug.com/gallery/1002978/3/46398576
http://www.lyndonlyon.com/CP%20Gallery%20Episcias.html
Joanne
Joanne
Morning forevereden...
Forgot to mention it sure is a pretty Episcia. I have just received some new ones and I just love them...I got this cutest one that is a very compact one called Christmas Cheer.
TFS (thanks for sharing)
Joanne
Wow, Joanne, I could just get lost for hours in that first site you linked.... such yummy pics!
Forevereden, that's a lovely little plant! I just picked up an episcia with bright rose leaves because I couldn't resist it, but I doubt I'll be able to definitely ID it by cultivar, especially if it blooms with the orange-red color that seems so common with episcias... but just as with AVs, there's a lot to be said for an irresistable noid (= "no id") episcia! My local garden center puts "Flame Violets" on the sign by the episcias, which I think is a lovely name for them!
Forevereden....
I am very interested in your hydroponic growing set up. Please share your growing methods. Details please :0) How do you like growing hydroponically vs. standard methods? I would think the episcias would love growing that way.
I grow using wicks and sometimes the roots follow the wick right into the reservoir and seem to love it.
Snow
I have it growing in a Baby Bloomer by American Hydroponics. It has about a 6 gallon reservoir that I change the water on every 1-2 weeks, depending on how bad the pH reads on the test and if I am feeling lazy! This is my favorite hydroponic system because of its nice small size. I will take cuttings and use rooting hormone. I grow them in rock wool. I stick the cutting into the rockwool that is soaked in nutrients. Once the roots penetrate through my first baby rookwool, which is 1 1/2" x 1 1 1/2", I will either stick it in soil and grow as a regular plant or stick them in a bigger rockwool cube and keep them on the hydro system. I have had success with Gardenias, Azaleas, Ficus, Coleus, Rudenbeckias, Hydrangeas, Basil, Rosemary, veggies, - just about anything I can get my hands on I will experiment and see if it works. Alot of my clients like this one as well. This pic was one that I have in my display window for this system. I honestly hate propagating in soil. It is so messy. I believe rockwool is the way to go.
Your plant is bbeautiful ! Great growing. I like growing non-soil methods. Very interesting thanks for sharing it ! Welcome to the wonderful world of Gesneriads !
Thank you all very much for your help and nice comments! I love Daves garden!
Very interesting system.......thanks!