Calathea croatii

Calathea croatii is a Panamanian Calathea described by Helen Kennedy in 2013 and probably named after the aroid botanist Thomas Croat. It is known from a single wild record at about 1225 m. This profile rests on that site's climate and on what is typical of the genus.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Like other Calathea in the strict sense (the bracted, mostly Central and South American group that stayed in Calathea when Goeppertia was split off), it is a clump-forming terrestrial herb of wet forest. No habitat description was reachable. The single record at about 1225 m in western Panama suggests premontane rainforest.

There is one record, at about 1225 m. The weather grid cell averages 688 m, so the temperatures were corrected downward.

Panamá

🔒 Growing it like that

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.