Goeppertia caquetensis
A Colombian rainforest calathea, described from Caquetá as Calathea caquetensis and known from only a handful of collections in the Amazon piedmont and lowlands. Treat it as a hot, wet, low-light understory herb: steady warmth, air near saturation and shade all year. Almost nothing beyond the original description is published, so the guidance below leans on the measured climate and the genus.
Where it grows wild
Understory of lowland to foothill rainforest in Amazonian Colombia (Caquetá, Vaupés, Amazonas), on the shaded forest floor. Records sit between about 100 and 700 m.
105–700 m, median 425 m (7 records).
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