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Goeppertia villosa

Goeppertia villosa, described by Lindley as Calathea villosa, is one of the most widespread prayer plants, ranging from Nicaragua and Costa Rica through the Guianas and Venezuela to Bolivia and the Brazilian Northeast, mostly below 500 m. Its softly hairy leaves and tolerance of warm, seasonally drier lowland forest make it more forgiving than the cloud-forest Goeppertia, though it still wants shade and humidity above 60 percent.

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

A clump-forming herb of the understory and edges of lowland moist and semi-deciduous forest, gallery forest and shaded stream banks, from wet Central American lowlands to the drier Chiquitano and Atlantic-forest fringes of Bolivia and northeastern Brazil. The epithet refers to the soft hairs on the leaves and stems.

Recorded elevations run from sea level to 880 m with a median of 250 m across 149 records.

BrazilBoliviaCosta RicaVenezuelaPanamaGuyanaColombiaSurinameFrench GuianaNicaragua

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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.