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Episcia cupreata (Hook.) Hanst., Linnaea 34: 340 1866. (syn: Achimenes cupreata Hook.; Achimenes metallica Van Houtte ex Regel; Achimenes splendens (Linden) Hend.; Cyrtodeira cupreata (Hook.) Hanst.; Cyrtodeira cupreata var. metallica Regel; Cyrtodeira cupreata var. viridifolia Hook.; Cyrtodeira trianae Hanst.; Episcia cupreata var. viridifolia (Hook.) Nichols.; Episcia splendens (Linden) Hanst.; Tapina splendens Linden; Tapina variegata Linden);
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Caribbean; Middle America; South America as per Catalogue of Life;
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Common name: Flame Violet, Episcia
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Episcia cupreata (Hook.) Hanst : 16 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 1022 kb. Location: Hong Kong Park
Date: 15 August 2018
Elevation: 200 ft.
Habit : Cultivated
Should be a hybrid. But no idea. Thank you … ! It was labeled like this ! shares some features with African violets, and that pilea you showed earlier. as … said some hybrid in that general genetic tree
Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018
Elevation: 200 ft.
Habit : Cultivated
Slight different than earlier posts ?
Attachments (4)
so it vines too?
Yes …, It is something like vine or runner !
Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018
Elevation: 200 ft.
Habit : Cultivated
Yet another pattern!
Attachments (5)- around 500 kb each.
finally. we have been around similar leaves and same family Gesneriaceae recently. this one seems to want to trail or even vine? but his flowers are scarlet or reddish, which is the most common color though flickr has one yellow flower on a trailing plant.
ok then i agree. color of leaves have varied from totally green to deep coppery brown with blotches…silvery
Appears to be Episcia cupreata ‘Suomi’ as per
Location : Marina Bay Garden , Singapore
Date : 18 October 2012
Elevation : 25 m. Habit : Cultivated
Episcia cupreata (Hook.) Hanst. ??
we had these from your hongkong trip too. nice Yes … So many flower and leaf variations. Does look like Episcia cupreata of Gesneriaceae. But I am thinking, aren’t those plants labelled at Gardens by the bay? Thank you … It was not labeled. but did not you just show several of these same plants in last few days, weeks and months? . Episcia cupreata (Hook.fil.) Hanst.: 3 very high images. Location: Kew, London, UK
Altitude: 19 m.
Date: 04 April 2022
Habit : Cultivated
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Category: Episcia
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Episcia cupreata (Cultivated)
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Episcia ‘Pinkiscia’
Episcia ‘Pinkiscia’;
Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (Identified by Rahul Sharma at Indian Flora) 
efloraofindia:”For Id 15072013MR1’’ ornamental with deep green leaves and pink flowers at Pune : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors.July 2013requesting identification of this ornamental at a housing society garden at Pune.very deep green leaves and pink flowers
My guess would be Episcea cupreata, but could well be wrong..
Thank you for the Id. I too was thinking about Episcia cupreata but the color of the flowers was not matching. ref http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Flame%20Violet.htmlI agree with the Id suggested by … at Indian Flora as Episcia pinkiscia. a hybrid ref http://www.botany.com/episcia.html
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