Goeppertia praecox

Goeppertia praecox was described by Spencer Moore as Calathea praecox from his 1890s Mato Grosso expedition; the epithet means early, for flowering at the start of the rains. Kew gives it as native to west-central Brazil, and the one wild GBIF record is on the cerrado plateau of northern Goiás at about 530 m. It is a savanna-belt Goeppertia of a strongly seasonal climate with a hot, bone-dry winter, quite unlike the rainforest members of the genus.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Cerrado and cerradão woodland or the edges of gallery forest on the central Brazilian plateau, where the ground dries out completely from May to September and rhizomatous herbs die back or rest.

The single record is at about 530 m; the plateau range is probably 400 to 1,000 m.

Brazil West-CentralGoiásMato Grosso

🔒 Growing it like that

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✓ 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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