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Calathea fredgandersii

Calathea fredgandersii is a premontane Calathea endemic to Panama, described by Helen Kennedy in 2011. It is recorded mostly at about 1000–1350 m. It suits intermediate temperatures, very high humidity through a long wet season and shade.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets 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 notes specific to the species were reachable. The records, mostly at about 1100 m in Panama's central and western cordillera, suggest premontane rainforest understory.

The 28 records with an elevation run from 176 to 1341 m, with a median of 1075 m.

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.