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Kohleria amabilis

A velvety, silver-patterned gesneriad from the Colombian Andes, spreading by scaly rhizomes and bearing pink tubular flowers spotted inside. It likes mild temperatures, bright shade and steady moisture, and can drop back to rhizomes if stressed.

Kohleria amabilis
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A rhizomatous terrestrial herb of moist forest edges, banks and roadsides in the Andean mid-elevations.

Recorded at 930–2217 m, median about 1640 m.

Colombia

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.