This is aChocolate solder It is easy to make cutting from I like it so much I must have aleast 20 of them started.
African Violet family
Lovely Episcia 'Chocolate Soldier'! I have just gotten interested in the Episcia's the past few months and really love them. So many with absolutely gorgeous foliage!
Check out some of these listed in Plant Files: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=episcia&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bblank_cultivar%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search
They are really hard to find here, but they are so pretty. "Chocolate Soldier" is really nice.
I don't find them in my area either. The ones I have I got in trade from other DG'ers! I hope to buy a couple more to add to my collection in a couple of months. Check out some of these gorgeous plants. A-Z listings on the right side of the page. Some real Beauties! I especially like the ones under J (Jim's) http://www.streptocarpus-info.com/Episcia/index.html
Awesome link - thanks! I browsed through the episcias and then the streps - WOW.
Mine looks like the E karolyn.I'm not sure My Aunt got a cliiping from the Domican Republic.I'm not sure.She passed and have this beatiful o remind me of her.
I like the CS.
That is beautiful... I never seen any thing like that.. Very nice.
Susan
is this the same plants sinningia plants we grow
they seem so big
http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/page82.html
Starfly,
Most of those look like species sinningia from Mauro in Brazil ?????????? I would love to grow a couple of those from seed.........will have to look and see if they have seed.
I don't think they can start from seed I started mine by taking cutting from themI then put the cutting in a glass with waxpaper Put 3 holes int he top and stick the cutting in the holes with a elastic around the the jar They root fast
Perenniallady, you root your episcia cuttings in a glass of water? I'll have to try that... I've been sticking mine in moist potting mix, with variable success. I like rooting in water, because you can clearly see when it's working!
I have just got interested in these as well, picked up a cool one at our local nursery.
Episcia 'Blue Heaven'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/salvias/2163453667/
Very Pretty....
SUsan
Perenniallady: Some folks have great luck growing Episcia's, Streptocarpus, Sinningia's and other Gesneriads from seeds! I, unfortunately am not one of them! I did have some Streptocarpus seeds as well as Episcia seeds sprout for me this past summer but they did not survive. :(
Annette68: I have the E. fimbriata Blue Heaven that I got as a small baby plant in a trade here on DG. It is one of my favorites: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/162291/
I'm going to try it from seeds once they flower again I did't realize there was so many varietys but I suspose there is different of almost everything They are all beautiful.
Lady, just checking on the method you described above... Do you put the Episcia 'Chocolate Soldier' cuttings in water to root?
Your mother plant is gorgeous!
About 40 years ago my Mother In Law taught me to root an AV leaf using a mason jar, filling it with water, covering the top with wax paper or aluminum foil, cutting a little slit and sticking the stem through the slit down into the water. Worked every time.
I have trouble transitioning AV "water babes" to soil... it's a "somtimes" method for me. Since Episcia stolons turn directly into plants rather than making babies, I thought the water method might work better for them, but I'm trying to make sure I understood her post. I guess that's what she said she was doing... she just didn't actually mention the water.
(I'm not trying to nit pick... it's just that if there's a mistake to be made in following directions, whether propagating a plant or making divinity candy, I will sure make it!)
:-)
I've had the same "sometimes" success with rooting AV's in water too. Maybe I will try an Episcia that way and see what happens!
I am discovering a new way to propagate and loving it! Pure perlite in a big baggie is working for anything. Let me get a camera real quick.
The first part of the week I am going to stick strep wedges in perlite as I am sick and tired of leaves rotting in peat, vermiculite and perlite!
That is great Gail. I would never have thought of that... good idea... Going to try that with some of these streps I am getting.. Also some AV leaves...
Glad you made it home Gail.
Susan
How wet is that perlite?
What I do may be right or wrong.......but I wet it thoroughly and then make 3 small cuts in the bottom of the zip lock for drainage. So, I am draining it real well when I start and then never add water again as the zip lock stays closed.
Hey, if it works for you, then it's not wrong! :-)
That wet perlite method might be a sort of happy medium between rooting in water and propagating in moist potting mix...
I am just tired of working so hard for the right medium to root things. Very small leaves seem to rot for me with any kind of peat, etc. in the mix even though I keep them domed and not too wet.