Species · genus Columnea · Gesneriaceae
Columnea gloriosa
Columnea gloriosa Sprague
Cultivars of C. gloriosa
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under C. gloriosa yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
Columnea gloriosa is a member of the Gesneriaceae, a family of tropical plants that in this genus are typically trailing epiphytes of humid, shaded forest canopies. It wants bright indirect light, warmth, and consistently high humidity, but its fine roots and free-draining habit mean it rots if left sitting wet — water when the top inch of mix has dried, roughly every 5 to 10 days. Because native range and growth habit are unverified here, treat these intervals as a starting point and let the drying mix guide you.
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
Bright, indirect
≈ every 10 days
High
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Not yet documented
This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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No reference gallery yet
A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
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