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Goeppertia indecora

Goeppertia indecora is a widespread prayer plant of the wet foothill and montane forests of southern Central America, described by Woodson as Calathea indecora and known from over a hundred wild records in Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Colombia.

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 premontane and lower montane wet forest, on both Caribbean and Pacific slopes, often along streams and trails.

Recorded from 5 to 1,770 m with a median of 950 m; most records are between 900 and 1,400 m, with a lowland population on the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Costa RicaPanamaNicaraguaColombia

🔒 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.