Goeppertia roseopicta
A clumping, roughly 50 cm prayer plant from the lowland rainforest of western Amazonia. Its broad leaves are dark green, painted with a pale or pink feathered band, and deep purple beneath. The wild plant lives on a hot, wet, extremely humid forest floor with almost no seasons. It wants constant warmth, very humid air, shade and evenly moist, pure water.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels from Peru, Colombia and Brazil describe it as a small understorey herb, about 30 cm tall, along trails in lowland rainforest, sometimes forming small colonies. It also grows on disturbed forest margins. The purple leaf undersides are a typical adaptation to deep forest shade.
Wild records are from 75–350 m, median 130 m: Amazonian lowland forest.
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