Kohleria spicata
A widespread neotropical gesneriad, a velvety herb with orange-red tubular flowers in a spike, found from Mexico to Peru. It grows on road banks, forest edges and other disturbed, moist ground at mid elevations, and is easy to grow warm and humid in bright, filtered light.
Where it grows wild
Terrestrial on moist banks, clearings and forest margins, often in disturbed ground, in partial shade to fairly bright light. Like other Kohleria it forms scaly rhizomes.
Recorded from sea level to 3000 m, mostly around 1000 m (median 1050 m).
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