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Goeppertia longiflora

Goeppertia longiflora is a Costa Rican prayer plant described by Helen Kennedy, found mostly in wet lowland forest on the Pacific slope, notably the Osa Peninsula, from sea level to about 900 m. It lives in hot, very wet forest with a short dry season from January to March. It is not in general cultivation; the conditions below combine the measured climate with what Costa Rican forest-floor Goeppertia need.

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

A terrestrial herb of the shaded floor of lowland and premontane wet forest, in humus on moist, sheltered ground; typical of Kennedy's Costa Rican Calathea species.

Recorded from sea level to 900 m, median 135 m over 52 records; mostly a lowland plant of the Pacific south.

Costa RicaPuntarenasOsa Peninsula

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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.