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Goeppertia gandersii

A rarely seen prayer plant from the lowland rainforest of Ecuador's Amazon (Napo, Orellana and Sucumbíos) and neighbouring Peru. It was formerly called Calathea gandersii and is listed as Vulnerable. Like its relatives it is a shade-loving forest-floor herb, so grow it warm, shaded, evenly moist and very humid.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A terrestrial herb of very humid, evergreen lowland tropical forest. Labels place it in the Yasuní area, including near the blackwater lagoon Jatun Cocha, in the Huaorani reserve, and at Nuevo Rocafuerte on the Napo River. IUCN classes its habitat as moist lowland and montane forest.

The labelled elevations are only 120–240 m, in the Amazonian lowlands.

Ecuador (Napo, Orellana, Sucumbíos)Peru (Loreto)

🔒 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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