Goeppertia lasiophylla
Goeppertia lasiophylla (Calathea lasiophylla) is a Costa Rican endemic of wet lowland forest, most of its records coming from the Osa Peninsula and Golfo Dulce region on the Pacific side. It is a shade-loving terrestrial herb with hairy leaves that experiences a short, hot dry season each year but lives on a forest floor that never really dries. At home it wants warmth, high humidity and low light, with only a slight easing of watering in late winter.
Where it grows wild
Understory of very wet lowland and premontane rainforest, on the forest floor in deep to moderate shade, often on slopes and along creeks. A few records come from the Caribbean lowlands and the Monteverde region.
Recorded at 5 to 1,100 m, median 100 m. The great majority of records are below 300 m; the single 1,100 m record sits in cooler cloud forest.
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