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Goeppertia undulata

Goeppertia undulata (Calathea undulata, originally Maranta undulata) is a small western-Amazonian herb with dark, wavy-edged leaves marked by a pale central band, long grown as an ornamental and now rare in trade. It comes from the humid lowlands and foothills of Peru, Acre and Amazonas in Brazil, and southern Colombia, where a drier season from June to September is the main seasonal signal.

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 low terrestrial herb of the shaded floor of humid lowland and foothill forest, typically in moist humus along streams and on lower slopes. Compact, rarely more than 30 cm tall, and spreading by short rhizomes.

Recorded elevations 0 to 1,050 m with a median around 260 m: lowland to low Andean foothill, with a Pasco record at 600 m.

BrazilAcrePeruColombia

🔒 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.