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Kohleria warszewiczii

A Colombian gesneriad with velvety leaves and tubular flowers, common in the Andes at around 1900 m and holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit. It wants mild, even temperatures, high humidity and bright shade, and grows from scaly rhizomes that let it survive a rest if it dies back.

Kohleria warszewiczii
Photo: Nuuuuuuuuuuul from Vienna, Austria / Europe, CC BY 2.0, 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

Like other Andean Kohleria it grows on forest edges, banks, road cuts and in secondary growth in montane forest, usually in partial shade; inferred from the genus and the many roadside-type records.

Recorded at 400–2576 m, median 1900 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.