This Kohleria variety is awesome, with big fuzzy speckled flowers and fuzzy leaves.


Kohleria bogotensis by Gerris2, on Flickr

Beautiful flower! Are they hard to grow?

No, they are very easy. The seller said that I should ignore and it will survive just fine. I water it when the pot seems dry and give it fluorescent light as you would any other gesneriad. It flowers without stopping for months, and then goes into a rest period. Are you a fuzzy plant lover too?

I do love that one for sure! I think the episcia plants are really pretty too.

Joseph: Wow, that is a beautiful plant! I hope you will consider uploading your wonderful photo's to the database!

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Thanks for the comments!

Here's another photo from today.

Love that bloom! Such a pretty print on the petals! What does the whole plant look like?

It has typical Kohleria leaves, grey-green, and fuzzy.

Do you mind sharing where you get your kohleria plants?

Hi Joseph et al, beautiful blooms!! I grow streps, and someone gave me this Sinningia (I think, I'm not at home so don't remember?? and unable to look at the label :sad:) but its "crested" and they said, "these crested ones are very difficult to get to bloom!" I said "I love it just as a houseplant, I don't really care if it blooms or not" The other day I was watering, and noticed buds!! (after only 2 months!) :hurray:

Greg, I look forward to seeing a photo of the bloom of that lovely plant! It reminds me a Chirita 'Aiko' that I once grew: Chirita (Primulina 'Aiko')

A newly propagated plant is making hairy flower buds!!

Gerris2 said:This Kohleria variety is awesome, with big fuzzy speckled flowers and fuzzy leaves.

Hi Gerris, Beautiful blooms indeed! You mention "big" ... flowers. Can you tell how big actually the flowers are? Thanks

The dimensions as I recall are maybe just under 3 inches long by maybe 1 inch wide on the face of the flower. Thanks, Fiat.

Thank you, Joseph. The size you described sure under "big" grade for this kind of plant, I think.

Here are recent flower photos.

gg5 said:Hi Joseph et al, beautiful blooms!! I grow streps, and someone gave me this Sinningia (I think, I'm not at home so don't remember?? and unable to look at the label :sad:) but its "crested" and they said, "these crested ones are very difficult to get to bloom!" I said "I love it just as a houseplant, I don't really care if it blooms or not" The other day I was watering, and noticed buds!! (after only 2 months!) :hurray:

I believe that I have a "crested" variety... I did get it to bloom ONCE but then I re-potted and it's not popped since. I wish I would have gotten pictures but it was EARLY(three years ago) in my travels along the growing path. I still have the plant and it is LOVELY, the leaves are HUGE compared to my other two varieties. Do you have any images of your blooms?

Hi Beloved mine rarely blooms and when they bloom they are small purple petals I don't have pics but will if when it blooms this year!

gg5 said:Hi Beloved mine rarely blooms and when they bloom they are small purple petals I don't have pics but will if when it blooms this year!

I'll keep my eye on this thread!)