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Sinningia cooperi

A tuberous gesneriad from the montane Atlantic Forest of southeastern and southern Brazil, recorded from 600 to 1,700 m. It grows from a tuber through the warm, wet summer and expects a cooler, drier winter, when it can die back.

Sinningia cooperi
Photo: Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Assumed from the genus and the record sites: humid montane Atlantic Forest, on rocky banks, outcrops and forest edges where the tuber can sit in shallow, well-drained soil. No habitat study was reached.

Records span 600–1,704 m, median about 1,100 m, in the Serra do Mar, Serra da Mantiqueira and Caparaó ranges.

Brazil SoutheastBrazil South

🔒 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.