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

Goeppertia pumila

Goeppertia pumila is a small prayer-plant of south-eastern Brazil, first named Maranta pumila by Vellozo in the Flora Fluminensis from the Rio de Janeiro region and moved to Goeppertia in 2012. It is almost unknown in cultivation and has no georeferenced wild records, so its conditions here are drawn from the regional climate and from what its Atlantic Forest relatives need: warm shade, moist humus and a milder, drier winter than Amazonian Goeppertia get.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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 understory herb of Atlantic Forest, the habitat of the other Goeppertia from Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. The epithet means dwarf, so expect a low, clumping plant of the forest floor.

No record carries an elevation; the single climate site was placed by region at about 580 m, but Vellozo's plants most likely came from the coastal lowlands near Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil SoutheastRio de Janeiro

🔒 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.