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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Goeppertia stromanthifolia

Goeppertia stromanthifolia (formerly Calathea stromanthifolia, described by Rusby from Bolivian collections) is a poorly known prayer plant of lowland eastern Bolivia, where Amazonian forest grades into the seasonally dry Chiquitano woodlands. Its home climate has a pronounced warm, dry season from May to September, so it should tolerate a drier, brighter winter better than the wet-forest members of the genus.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Presumably a rhizomatous herb of shaded forest floor in the moist to semi-deciduous lowland forests of Santa Cruz department. No habitat notes are published beyond the original description; the profile generalises from the one georeferenced site and from lowland Goeppertia of seasonal forest.

The single recorded site lies at about 200 m on the Bolivian lowland plain; few records carry an elevation.

Bolivia

🔒 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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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.