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Sinningia magnifica

A tuberous Sinningia from the mountains of south-east Brazil with red tubular flowers. It grows on moist, shaded rocks and banks in Atlantic forest uplands, and expects a cooler, drier winter during which it may die back to its tuber.

Sinningia magnifica
Photo: Mangostar, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Inferred from records and the genus: on rocky banks, wet rock faces and forest edges in montane Atlantic forest, with the tuber wedged in humus-filled crevices.

Recorded from 48 to 2,500 m, median about 1,350 m; most records are upland.

Brazil Southeast

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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 3.0 licence, unmodified.