Goeppertia varians

Goeppertia varians (originally Phrynium varians, later Calathea varians) is a rarely collected herb recorded from the coastal Atlantic Forest of Bahia and Sergipe in north-eastern Brazil, with a Guyana listing in the World Checklist that no wild record supports. It is barely documented, so this profile builds on the five Brazilian records, the coastal climate and the genus.

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

By genus and locality, a terrestrial herb of the shaded floor of lowland coastal Atlantic forest on sandy, humus-rich soil. The Bahian records lie within the cocoa-growing forest belt near Ilhéus.

Few records carry an elevation; the recorded sites sit at about 25 to 45 m, so treat it as a coastal lowland plant.

BrazilBahiaSergipeGuyana

🔒 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.