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Sinningia canastrensis

Sinningia canastrensis is a tuberous Brazilian member of the Gesneriaceae, the African violet family, known from Minas Gerais. It is grown by collectors of tuberous gesneriads and needs a dry dormant rest after its growing season.

Family
Gesneriaceae (African violet family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water moderately while actively growing and keep the soil barely moist; reduce or stop watering when the foliage dies back to rest the tuber.
Soil
Fast-draining mix of peat or coir with perlite or bark, kept open and airy.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sinningia canastrensis is a tuberous member of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. It is found in Brazil.

Other Sinningia plants

Sinningia araneosa · Sinningia bulbosa · Sinningia bullata · Queen Of The Abyss · Sinningia gerdtiana · Sinningia globulosa · Sinningia helioana · Sinningia muscicola · Brazilian gloxinia · Sinningia tubiflora · Sinningia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sinningia canastrensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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