Calathea verruculosa
Calathea verruculosa is a Costa Rican prayer plant described by Helen Kennedy in 2011 (Novon 21). It is known from a few dozen collections in premontane wet forest at 582–1233 m (median 1200 m), and little has been published about it beyond the original description. It comes from somewhat cooler mid-elevation forest than lowland prayer plants, so it appreciates slightly cooler nights.
Where it grows wild
Recorded from premontane wet forest in Costa Rica. Like most Calathea it is a terrestrial herb of the shaded forest floor, usually in moist, humus-rich soil. The details here are inferred from the genus and the measured sites, not from a species account.
Recorded elevations 582–1233 m (median 1200 m).
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