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Goeppertia latifolia

Goeppertia latifolia, formerly Calathea latifolia, is a lowland and foothill prayer plant ranging from Panama and Trinidad through Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. It grows at forest edges, along rivers and in secondary forest, and is used locally for food and medicine. It takes more light than the shade-loving patterned calatheas, but it still needs warmth, humidity and steady moisture.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Specimen labels come mostly from forest margins, roadsides, riverside and secondary forest, with some from closed-canopy tall forest, in the humid lowlands and Andean-Llanos foothills of Colombia and Venezuela. Its flowers do not open spontaneously, a noted trait of the species.

Mostly about 150 to 600 m in the collected specimens, in lowland to foothill forest.

PanamaTrinidad and TobagoVenezuelaColombiaEcuador

🔒 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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