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

Goeppertia regalis

An old Victorian-era ornamental prayer plant (Calathea or Maranta regalis) with green leaves lined in pink stripes, native to Peru. Wild records are very few, from the eastern Andean foothills and adjacent Amazonian lowlands. Grow it like other warm understorey calatheas: shade, soft water, steady moisture and high humidity.

Goeppertia regalis
Photo: Howard, W.; Lowe, E. J., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Almost no wild habitat notes exist. The handful of Peruvian specimens come from San Martín (Tarapoto–Yurimaguas road), Huánuco (Río Monzón) and Loreto, all humid forest on the eastern Andean slopes and foothills. By analogy with its relatives it is a terrestrial herb of shaded forest floor.

One wild record carries an elevation of 1300 m; the other localities suggest foothill forest roughly 300–1300 m.

Peru

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.