Goeppertia aemula
Goeppertia aemula (formerly Calathea aemula) is a prayer-plant of the Atlantic Forest lowlands of south-eastern and southern Brazil, from Espírito Santo through Rio de Janeiro to the coast of Paraná, mostly below 250 m. It is one of the more temperate Goeppertia: warm humid summers, a mild winter with nights in the mid-teens, and rain in every month. At home it wants shade, high humidity and steady moisture, but will accept cooler winter nights than Amazonian species.
Where it grows wild
Understory herb of lowland and foothill Atlantic rainforest, in shaded, humid ground near streams and on moist slopes. Marantaceae in this forest form part of the herb layer under a dense evergreen canopy.
Recorded from 0 to 689 m, median 104 m (11 records): coastal lowlands and the lower slopes of the Serra do Mar.
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