For sale: Episcia and african violets

Episcia country kitten rooted and ready for sale at $5 each. Comes in coco fibre pots, will change for a plastic one with an additional $1. will change to wick watering for another $1, ensuring a fuss free plant. Just top up the container and you are set for at least a week.

Episcia silver skies for sale at $3 for those at the back row, $5 for those at the front. comes in similar pot as country kitten, same conditions apply for trading of pots and wick watering.

these are 6 african violet plantlets up for sale. top 2 plants starting from the left going for $8, all the rest at $10. the first plant from top left corner is princess jade, 2nd and 3rd little bo peep. bottom row all rob’s love bite. All african violets will come with individual wick watering container, making it an absolute fuss-free flowering plant for the office. 

email me at: veronpwa@gmail.com for any questions and if interested!

 

Episcia: country kitten

With velvety rounded leaves, this plant is exquisite with its metallic pink sheen along the midrib. This will be the effect under intense lighting. with less intense lighting, leaves will be alot fuzzier and with more blushing pink than metallic, and less green in between the pink. Depending on which you fancy.

This plant has yet to bloom in my hands, but i wouldnt complain for its foliage.

Episcia: silver skies

A beautiful plant with silver glossy leaves makes it nice to look at even without blooms. The intense red blooms however complements the foliage well. Due to its growth habits of producing compact stolons, you can make a mini bush out of this in no time. set it up higher above the surface (e.g. with a wick watering container or a deep pot) to allow its stolons to trail and hang downwards, stunning!

Miniature african violet: Rob’s Love Bite

AVSA Reg. #9039: Red, semidouble pansy blooms, over tiny, dark green and white, Champion variegated foliage. The combination of colors is just stunning. Miniature.

Robs love bite is a unique plant which may change the looks of it foliage along with culture conditions. Intense light and/or high temperatures will give rise to deep dark green foliage like the above. whereas cooler environment with less light will produce variegation of the leaves, like the one below:

but of course with lesser chlorophyll comes slower growth and fewer blooms.

If you like the snow white version of this plant, an office environment would be ideal.

Miniature african violet: Little Bo Peep

Cute little round scalloped foliage with single light pink petal blooms. Blooms are abundant and continuous, and improves over time (e.g. have a more uniform look)

 

Miniature african violet: Princess jade

Princess jade african violet

this miniature violet has a unique girl leaf foliage and produces small dainty pink blooms

Miniature African Violet- Baby White

 

 

White multi petal blooms with miniature leaves. Also a heavy bloomer on the 2nd bloom, though the buds do not open at the same time hence continuously blooms with old flowers replaced by new ones in a span of about 2 months.

Miniature African Violet- Cotton Ball

 

Description by AVSA: Masses of large, triple, carnation-like white blooms sometimes with hint of blue in eye.  Wonderful white blooms!  Semiminiature.  AVSA #8172

However, due to local culturing conditions, flowers turn up predominantly purple though a few blooms may be completely white. This is a very eager bloomer, throwing out 15 buds at one time and may continuously bloom for a few months.  Buds have a unique characteristic of blooming within each other.

Alsobia Cygnet- The Lace Flower Vine

alsobia bloom 2nd round

Alsobia cygnet, formally classed under the family of episcia has now been grouped under is own class. Commonly known as the lace flower vine, this plant lives up to its name. Its unique paper thin, white blooms are dotted with purple markings and has frilly edges.

This plant can either be kept small in a thumb pot by trimming off any stolons in the making, but it can also fill a large hanging pot in the long run by burying the stolons partially in the soil alongside the main plant. When trimming off stolons, do keep in mind it can also be used for propagation.

Care for this plant is almost the same as for episcias, since its growth patterns are almost alike. Many of my plants do well in sphagnum moss and i found those in soil not doing significantly better. Wick watering can also be applied on this plant as it can tolerate moist conditions without totally drying out unlike sinningias. I grow mine under fluorescent light and they seem to do better, but the windowsill is also a perfect place for those who likes them in thumb pots as shown in the picture above. Plants at my windowsill do not receive a lot of light due to a sun shade in place outside. Plants only receive maximum of 3 hours of direct sunlight during mid afternoon and evening, this should give you a rough gauge of the amount of light required. Open breezy/cooling spots with good air circulation also promotes flowering.