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Kohleria hirsuta

The woolly kohleria, a rhizomatous gesneriad of northern South America with hairy orange-red tubular flowers. It grows on forest edges and banks at mid elevations and is one of the easier Kohleria in cultivation, given warmth, bright shade and steady moisture.

Kohleria hirsuta
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Forest edges, roadside banks, clearings and stream margins, in partial shade within humid forest country.

Recorded from 7 to 3,353 m, median about 1,160 m; most plants grow in the lower montane zone.

ColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorGuyanaTrinidad and TobagoSurinameFrench Guiana

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.