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Calathea marantina

Calathea marantina is a widespread western Amazonian prayer plant, recorded from Venezuela and Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia and adjacent Brazil. Most records are from lowland forest around 250 m. It suits growers who can keep it hot, humid and in shade, with a slightly drier spell in August–September.

Calathea marantina
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

A terrestrial herb of lowland and foothill rainforest along the western Amazon and Andean foot, inferred from the genus and the many record sites. No species-specific habitat notes were available.

GBIF records run from 106 to 1,400 m, median 248 m.

VenezuelaColombiaEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazil

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.