Episode 67, part four: Episcia cupreata aka flame violet
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The flame violet holds its own among any variegated plant you can name, and yet for some reason they are not as popular as they should be! These members of the Gesneriad clan grow in central America where they tend to romp around at ground level, but they also make brilliant trailing plants. The ‘cupreata’ bit means coppery, reflecting the metallic tones of the foliage.
They have been bred extensively to create many beautiful hybrids: some majoring on the flowers, but mostly it’s the foliage that’s the central attraction.
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| 1:08.2 | house plant fans of On the ledge. Today's trailing plant is a little bit |
| 1:12.5 | different from the ones we've featured in previous days. It's Episia cupriata, also known as the |
| 1:18.5 | flame violet, and you might sometimes see it known as the peacock plant or the chocolate soldier |
| 1:24.5 | plant too. Now the cupriata part in the Latin name, |
| 1:28.2 | that is refers to its coppery leaves. |
| 1:31.4 | There are many, many hybrids of this plant |
| 1:33.6 | and it comes in a variety of colors and shades, |
| 1:36.9 | but basically the leaves are hairy |
| 1:39.1 | and beautifully variegated from the deepest coppery black |
| 1:43.1 | with silvery veins to variegations with cream and white |
| 1:47.9 | and green to reds and pinks there is just a world of flame violets to discover out there and as ever |
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