Goeppertia straminea
Goeppertia straminea (formerly Calathea straminea) is a lowland prayer plant of the north-western Amazon, recorded from the Caqueta, Putumayo and Napo drainages of Colombia and Peru into northern Brazil below about 300 m. It comes from some of the wettest, most even climate in the genus, so it wants warmth, constant moisture and high humidity year round, with no rest period.
Where it grows wild
A rhizomatous understory herb of lowland Amazonian rainforest, growing in shade on the forest floor of terra firme and seasonally moist forest. Nothing beyond the collection localities is published for this species; the habitat description generalises from lowland Amazonian Goeppertia.
Wild records lie between sea level and 274 m, median 120 m, on the Amazon plain.
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