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Goeppertia sousandradeana

Goeppertia sousandradeana was described by Helen Kennedy and Ganders as Calathea sousandradeana from the Gulf lowlands of Mexico and moved to Goeppertia in 2012. Seven wild records at 10 to 400 m in Veracruz and neighbouring Oaxaca and Tamaulipas put it in humid Gulf-coast rain forest with a wet summer, a drier spring and cool, wind-swept winter nights.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets 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

A terrestrial herb of the shaded floor of lowland evergreen rain forest on the Gulf coastal plain, including the Los Tuxtlas volcanic massif and the Tuxtepec lowlands. Habitat is inferred from the record sites and the genus.

Recorded from 10 to 400 m with a median of 130 m; a lowland plant.

MexicoVeracruzOaxacaTamaulipas

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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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