Goeppertia steyermarkii

Goeppertia steyermarkii was described by Helen Kennedy and Nagata as Calathea steyermarkii, honouring Julian Steyermark, and moved to Goeppertia in 2012. It is a Venezuelan endemic known from three wild records at 770 to 1200 m in the cloud forests of the Cordillera de la Costa, a cool, misty montane habitat that the coarse climate grid badly understates; it is essentially unknown in cultivation.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very 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, perpetually damp floor of montane cloud forest in the Venezuelan coastal range, in the Rancho Grande and Guatopo areas. Habitat is inferred from the record sites and the genus.

Recorded from 770 to 1200 m; a montane cloud-forest plant.

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🔒 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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