Goeppertia ucayalina

Goeppertia ucayalina (formerly Calathea ucayalina, described by Huber from the Ucayali basin) is an obscure prayer plant of lowland central-eastern Peru, known from the Huanuco and Ucayali lowlands around 270 m. Its measured climate is warm with a drier season from May to October, so treat it as a warm, humid lowland species that tolerates a modest drier spell.

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 understory herb of shaded lowland Amazonian forest in the Ucayali drainage, on moist forest floor under closed canopy. No habitat notes are published beyond the original description; the profile generalises from the one georeferenced site and from lowland Peruvian Goeppertia.

The single recorded site lies at about 270 m in the Huanuco lowlands; few records carry an elevation.

PeruUcayaliHuanuco

🔒 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.