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Goeppertia hylaeanthoides

Goeppertia hylaeanthoides is a Costa Rican prayer plant of the wet Pacific lowlands, named by Helen Kennedy for its resemblance to the related genus Hylaeanthe. Almost all of its 44 wild records come from the Osa Peninsula and Golfo Dulce forests, among the wettest lowland rainforest on the Pacific side of Central America, so it needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with only a light easing in the short dry season.

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

Terrestrial herb of the shaded floor of lowland rainforest on the Osa Peninsula and around Golfo Dulce, often near streams.

Recorded at 50 to 570 m with a median of 200 m; a lowland and foothill species.

Costa RicaPuntarenasOsa Peninsula

🔒 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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