Episcia GV’s Rose Quartz

Episcia ‘GV’s Rose Quartz’ 2022, IR221749, hybridized by Gayathri Valsala; Kollam, Kerala, India. (E. ‘Faded Jade’ x E. ‘Joy’s Snowball’). Cross made 09.03.2020, seeds planted 11.10.2020, first flowering 04.08.2022. Fertile, reproducible only vegetatively. Rosette habit, stem length 7 cm. Leaves thick silvery rose, 14 cm long, 9 cm wide, 5 cm petiole, ovate, acute tip, cuneate base, crenate margin, bullate. Calyx split, rosy brown, length 12 mm, length of the pedicel 7 cm, 3 flowers per axil. Corolla salverform, 2.7 cm long, 2.6 cm wide, red orange with yellow dotted throat. Profuse bloomer.