Ctenanthe burle-marxii
A compact, clump-forming Marantaceae herb (the fishbone prayer plant) from Espírito Santo in southeastern Brazil. It was described in 1982 from plants cultivated from Roberto Burle Marx's collections, and wild field data are sparse. Its home sites have a warm, wet summer and a clearly drier, cooler winter, and it is one of the more forgiving prayer plants in the home.
Where it grows wild
Grows as a shade-loving ground cover in forest in a seasonally dry tropical region. Detailed wild habitat descriptions are lacking; the type material came from cultivation, and most of what is known of its ecology is inferred from its region and the few wild records.
Seven wild records with elevation span sea level to about 730 m, median about 480 m. The −16 m value is an error in the records.
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