Goeppertia rhizanthoides
Goeppertia rhizanthoides, described by Helen Kennedy as Calathea rhizanthoides, is a Panamanian endemic of the very wet Caribbean-slope foothills east of Colón, in the Nusagandi and El Llano to Cartà area at 200 to 450 m. Its name points to inflorescences borne low on the rhizome, as in G. rhizantha. It comes from a climate with almost no seasonal swing: warm nights, near-saturated air and heavy rain for nine months, so it needs a warm, humid, dim enclosure rather than a windowsill.
Where it grows wild
Understory herb of wet premontane rain forest on the Caribbean slope of eastern Panama, on the forest floor and low slopes under a dense canopy, where litter is deep and the soil never dries.
Recorded at 200 to 450 m, median 350 m, on the continental divide between Panamá and Guna Yala.
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