Species · genus Episcia · Gesneriaceae

Flame Violet

Episcia cupreata (Hook.fil.) Hanst.

Growth habit

subshrub

Native range

Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela

Reference · E. cupreata

Cultivars of E. cupreata

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under E. cupreata yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Episcia cupreata is a low, trailing subshrub from the warm, humid understory of Central and northern South American forests, where it carpets the ground in dappled light. Give it bright indirect light and warmth, and water when the top inch of mix has dried — its soft, hairy leaves resent both sodden roots and prolonged drought. It genuinely wants high humidity and steady warmth; cold water on the foliage can mark the leaves, so water at the soil.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-9d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 9 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

16–27 °C

Soil mix

Light, humus-rich, well-draining mix

Propagation

Stolon plantlets or stem cuttings

Fertilizing

Dilute balanced feed every 2 weeks in growth

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Small scarlet flowers amid coppery foliage in warmth

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-9d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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