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Sinningia incarnata

A tuberous gesneriad with tall stems and red-orange tubular hummingbird flowers, and the most widespread Sinningia, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru and northern Brazil. It grows in seasonally dry lowland and foothill forest edges and rocky slopes, flowering in the rains and dying back to its tuber in the dry season. Grow it warm and bright in summer, then let it go dormant.

Sinningia incarnata
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Forest edges, roadsides, rocky slopes, ravines and seasonally dry woodland, often among rocks or on banks where water drains away quickly.

Recorded from near sea level to about 2050 m, median about 485 m.

Mexico SouthwestMexico SoutheastMexico GulfGuatemalaEl SalvadorHondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamáColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaPeruBrazil North

🔒 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.