Lovely! I take it that you grow the plant on an open shelf? It seems many people have to grow pink leaved episcias enclosed.

Terri

Thank you Terri! Yes, I am growing Cleopatra the same way as my African Violets - open and on the wick watering system. It's obvious she likes it :-)

I'm growing mine open and wicked as well. So far Pink Smoke is doing fine that way as well but I am given to understand a lot of them prefer to be domed. Humidity in my art studio is usually at least 40 to 50 percent for my streptocarpus so the episcias seem to like that. Your plant looks great! Keep it up.

Many of these pink "variegated" Episcia do need to be domed in order to live, but Pink Smoke and Cleopatra are the only exceptions to this rule that I know of. You have a beautiful plant that's obviously been well cared for.

It's very lovely...I hope my Pink Panther comes along and starts blooming soon.

I've moved mine outside and they are loving my heat here in GA (around 100 degrees most days atm) and so far I have three varieties of pinks growing. Here I just divided my Cleopatra and repotted. They are wicked on reservoirs except for the one in the glass bubble.

That is a real pretty flower on that one. It is on my wanted list. I think the full name is episcia 'Jim's Canadian Sunset'. There is also a red flowering species with highly textured leaves I'd like to find called episcia corrugata.

Can you give a reference to this species? I never heard about E.corrugata and I love species.

Please?

It helps if I spell it right. Episcia corrugada. I know extremely little about it myself. If you Google it, you will see some photos and a few places that sell it - it's not cheap. I find very little information on the species but I will order a plant if I can't find seed.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=episcia%20corrugada

Now if it turns out this is actually not an episcia, but is a gesneriad that has been mislabeled, then I'd like to learn that. It is certainly possible.

My first guess would be Nautilocalyx.

Beautiful leaves in any case on the Corrugada

I am trying to get more input from Gesneriphiles. I think at some point there was a discussion on this plant. There is no such thing as Episcia corrugada recognized by the scientific community, but there are plenty still undiscovered species in Ecuador. It is not on current list for sale at Ecuagenera.

Good to know. I'm still trying to obtain information on it myself. Either way, it looks interesting.

One of the possibiities - Episcia rubra

I don't think so. Both the flowers and the leaves are notably different. But one never knows about variations within differing regions.

I got hold of the guys who know more. It is definitely Nautilocalyx, still under consideration - may be Nautilocalyx rugosus - but subspecies with red flowers. Ecogenera participates in major orchid shows and brings a small amount of this species for sale. So there are people in US growing it. Probably will grow like a weed in Georgia in summer, unless it is so picky about humidity - it needs to be covered - as Nautilocalyx pemphidius,

The rumors are - very fickle, high humidity.

Good info, thanks! I'm still going to try to obtain one, or cuttings, and see how I like it. I wouldn't plant it outside to run wild around here. I'm too much a native plant nut if it turns out to be invasive. Humidity I have in spades.