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Goeppertia poeppigiana

Goeppertia poeppigiana, named for the explorer Poeppig and long known as Calathea poeppigiana, is a terrestrial herb of the western Amazon lowlands in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and adjacent Brazil and Bolivia. Its 78 wild records sit between 50 and 890 m in some of the wettest, most even climate on Earth, so it wants warmth, deep shade and constant moisture with no seasonal break. Little beyond the description and herbarium data is published; this profile leans on the measured climate and on the genus.

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

Shaded floor of lowland terra firme and seasonally moist rainforest in the upper Amazon basin, often along streams and in the humus of the forest understory.

Recorded 50 to 890 m, median 235 m; nearly all sites are below 400 m in the Amazon plain and Andean foothills.

ColombiaPeruEcuadorBrazil NorthBolivia

🔒 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.