Goeppertia nigrocostata

Goeppertia nigrocostata was described by Linden and André in the 1870s as Calathea nigrocostata from plants introduced to European hothouses from Colombia, and it has essentially never been recollected in the wild. GBIF holds no wild records; the one climate site is hot, humid Colombian lowland with a short drier spell early in the year, and the plant should be grown as a warm, shaded, humid lowland Goeppertia.

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

Not recorded. Presumably the shaded floor of humid lowland rainforest in western or central Colombia, where the collectors of the era gathered ornamental Marantaceae. Everything here is inferred from the genus and the region.

Unknown; likely lowland to foothill forest below about 1000 m.

Colombia

🔒 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.