Kohleria warszewiczii

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  1. Michael Hewett

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    Has anyone grown this ? I bought one a few weeks ago and I'm sure the instructions from the nursery (which I can't find) said it died back in winter, and it has.
    However the on-line information tends to dispute this.
    Any help will be appreciated, thank you :smile:
     
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      Do you have it inside or outside, Michael? The RHA website says Hardiness H1b which is for summer temperatures only.
       
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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          Thank you both. I only got it a few weeks ago. I added it to an online order because I needed another pound or two to get free postage, and this covered it :biggrin:

          It's been in the greenhouse, and only had one bedraggled stem which has died now. I want it to regrow next year but reading about it on the computer was confusing.
           
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            Not that I know this plant or had heard of it before but after reading the hardiness, it looks to me like a pot for a room with natural light without getting direct sunlight and and temperatures between 10 and 15c.
             
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              Kohleria are in the Gesneriad family and grow from rhizomes. If it has died back put it in a cool spot indoors and let the compost dry out. Coax back into growth in the new year.
              Cracking plants!
               
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