Goeppertia vinosa
Goeppertia vinosa is a Costa Rican endemic prayer plant described by Helen Kennedy as Calathea vinosa, named for the wine-red colouring of its foliage. It grows on the wet Pacific slope from the Osa Peninsula lowlands up to about 1,200 m in Coto Brus, in forest with a short but real dry season from January to March, so it wants warm, humid conditions with a slight easing of water in late winter.
Where it grows wild
A rhizomatous understory herb of tropical wet and premontane rain forest on the Pacific side of Costa Rica, on shaded forest floor and along streams. Beyond the original description little is published; the habitat is inferred from the 69 wild records and from related Costa Rican Goeppertia.
Recorded elevations run from 5 to 1,218 m with a median of 210 m; most plants are in the lowlands, with a few collections at 1,000 m and above.
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