Goeppertia pittieri

Goeppertia pittieri is a Central American prayer plant described by Schumann as Calathea pittieri from material collected by Henri Pittier in Costa Rica; the checklists list Costa Rica and Panama but there are no georeferenced wild records. The two climate sites describe hot lowland forest with a dry season from January to March and a very wet remainder of the year, so treat it as a warm-growing lowland Goeppertia that accepts a short drier spell.

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

Presumed to be a rhizomatous understory herb of lowland moist to wet forest in Costa Rica and Panama. Nothing specific to the species is published beyond its description.

Unknown; the climate sites are lowland, and the species is presumed to grow below about 800 m.

Costa RicaPanama

🔒 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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