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Goeppertia flavescens

A yellow-flowered Goeppertia (Lindley's Calathea flavescens, described in the 1820s) of the cerrado and Pantanal region of central-western Brazil and eastern Paraguay, growing in gallery forest and moist woodland. Its home climate has a hot, harsh dry season from May to September, so this is a seasonal plant that expects a real dry rest, unusual for the genus.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Shaded to half-shaded ground in gallery forest, forest edges and moist cerradão woodland along streams, 0–960 m, mostly 200–650 m. Inferred from the genus and record sites; the riparian setting is the standard refuge for Marantaceae in the cerrado.

0–957 m, median about 300 m; the Pantanal-edge sites are lowest and hottest.

Mato Grosso do SulMato GrossoGoiásParaguayBrazil 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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