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Episcia cupreata

The flame violet: a creeping, stoloniferous gesneriad with patterned, often coppery leaves and red flowers from the lowland rainforest floor of Central and northern South America. It needs warmth, high humidity and low light, and hates cold.

Episcia cupreata
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Creeps over the floor of humid lowland and premontane rainforest, often along streams and on shaded banks.

Recorded mostly below 1500 m, median 500 m.

ColombiaCosta RicaPanamáEcuadorVenezuelaNicaraguaBrazil North

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.