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Goeppertia ornata

Pinstripe calathea

A tall understorey prayer plant from the Andean foothills of Colombia and Venezuela. Its dark leaves are pencilled with fine pink to white stripes. The true species has been rare in cultivation since before the mid-1990s. Most 'Calathea ornata' sold today is G. sanderiana or G. majestica, so care advice under this name is mostly for those plants. The wild species grows in warm, humid, submontane forest shade.

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

Where it grows wild

It is an understorey herb of tropical forest, with a label from Boyacá describing a 1.8 m herb with white-veined leaves. Collections come from the foothill forests of the eastern Andes, at submontane elevations where the air is humid and temperatures are moderated.

Wild records are from 953–1300 m, median 1178 m. Other Colombian herbarium sheets range from about 600 m to 2560 m, but the highest are from Bogotá and probably cultivated.

ColombiaVenezuela

🔒 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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