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Goeppertia ackermannii

Goeppertia ackermannii, long known as Calathea ackermannii, is a prayer-plant of the uplands of Minas Gerais in south-eastern Brazil, recorded around Ouro Preto and the Espinhaço range at 600 to 1000 m. Unlike its Amazonian relatives it lives with a distinctly dry, cool winter, so it is more forgiving of a drop in humidity and temperature than most Goeppertia, while still wanting shade and moist soil during its warm wet summer.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Understory herb of moist forest patches, gallery forest and shaded ravines in the campo rupestre and semideciduous forest landscape of the Minas Gerais highlands. Marantaceae here keep to the damper, shadier microsites along streams and under forest canopy.

Few records carry an elevation; the two climate sites lie at 637 and 937 m, in keeping with an upland species.

Minas GeraisBrazil Southeast

🔒 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.