Goeppertia dorothyae

Goeppertia dorothyae is a recently described Atlantic Forest Marantaceae from southeastern Brazil, published by Braga and Kennedy in 2012 and known from very few collections. The single mapped site sits at about 580 m in the interior hills on the Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo border, where the climate is warm and markedly seasonal with cool, dry winters. Treat the profile as an informed guess from that site and the genus.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Understory of seasonal semideciduous to evergreen Atlantic Forest in the interior hills of southeastern Brazil, on shaded humid ground.

The one mapped site is at 582 m; no GBIF record carries an elevation.

Brazil SoutheastMinas GeraisEspírito Santo

🔒 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.