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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Goeppertia petersenii

Goeppertia petersenii (formerly Calathea petersenii) is a little-collected prayer plant from humid lowland forest in Ecuador and neighbouring countries. It is known almost entirely from old herbarium specimens, so its care has to be inferred from its lowland forest-floor habitat and from the genus. Treat it like other warm-growing lowland calatheas: steady warmth, shade, high humidity and a medium that never dries out.

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 forest floor in tropical moist lowland forest. Herbarium labels from coastal Ecuador come from the lowland forest belt near Balao, Tenguel and Naranjal in Guayas, one of them from the margin of a plantation, and a Peruvian specimen comes from Pasco. No detailed microhabitat notes were found.

Wikipedia gives lowland forest up to about 500 m. Ecuadorian specimens come from near sea level to about 150 m, and a single Peruvian specimen is labelled 960 m.

EcuadorColombiaPeru

🔒 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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