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Goeppertia gardneri

Goeppertia gardneri (Calathea gardneri) is an understory herb to about 70 cm with white and lilac flowers, from the southern and eastern edge of the Amazon in Brazil (Tocantins, Maranhão, Pará, Rondônia, Amapá) and lowland Bolivia. Unlike most of the genus it lives where a marked dry season runs from June to September, and collectors find it in young secondary forest and along wet stream margins on clay soils. Give it warm shade and steady moisture, with a slightly drier, brighter, cooler-night spell in winter.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Herb layer of humid and semi-deciduous forest at the Amazon-Cerrado transition, in gallery forest, stream margins and young secondary forest on clay soils with a moderate litter layer.

85 to 650 m, median 250 m; low plateaus and river valleys.

Brazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil West-CentralBolivia

🔒 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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