Episcia COPPER

The family Gesneriaceae .  Motherland - the rainforests of Colombia and Venezuela .  Perennial herb with long creeping or drooping shoots - "whiskers" and oval hairy silver-green leaves up to 8-10 cm .  Bright red tubular flowers give the plant a special decorative .  The name comes from the Greek word "shady" as episcia usually grows in the shade of trees .  It blooms from spring to late autumn .  It grows in a light place at a temperature of 13-20 ° C in winter .  From bright sunlight pritenyayut .  It requires high humidity, so it is better placed in teplichke or suspended above the aquarium in pots or small wooden baskets .  Watered moderately .  Spring transplanted into a mixture of leaf soil, peat, humus and sand (1: 1: 0, 5 0, 5) with the addition of charcoal .  Feed in the spring and summer full of mineral fertilizer .  Propagated by seeds and cuttings - "whiskers" .  Small seeds sown without falling asleep, in pots with a mixture of peat and sand and sprayed regularly .  Seedlings dive twice, then seated one .  Cuttings root in the sand, peat or moist sphagnum moss, and then planted with 3-4 pieces .  Episcia copper can be grown as a basket plant, hanging in pots or baskets of light .

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