Episcia is a lovely trailing plant that is native to Central and South America, Brazil and the West Indies. An Episcia is grown for its colorful textured leaves and small but pretty flowers. The most popular variety of the Episcia is the Flame Violet which has silver veined leaves and bears tubular orange-red flowers about 3/4″ in size. It has never become as popular as its close relative the African Violet because they require more care. They grow in a very unique manner. Each plant sends out runners called stolons which trail over the edge of the container or across the soil in the pot. New plants are propagated from these runners.