by Nancy Robitaille

Propagation of episcias is a fairly easy thing to do.  All you need is a cup of soil, a hairpin and a pair of scissors.  Of course, having a lush episcia dripping with stolons (baby plants) is very handy, too.

Simply fill a small pot with dampened soil.  Set it close to the mother plant.  Bring the stolon to the soil and pin it down with a fat hair pin or paper clip or garbage bag tie—anything to anchor it fully onto the soil.  Place a plastic cover on the baby.

The baby plant can live like this until roots are formed.  Then the stem may be cut from the mother.

The stolon can also be cut from the mother immediately and treated as above.  Make sure you have a plastic bag over the baby for humidity.  Humidity helps make roots.  Reproducing episcia is easy and a fun thing to do and it gives you a chance to share plants.