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Episcia sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

The 10 species of the genus are from tropical Central and South America, but they are "frequently cultivated elsewhere and sometimes naturalizing in tropical regions".

Habitat:

Planted outside under a Norfolk pine tree (Araucaria heterophylla) in a large semi-urban yard/garden in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

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