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Goeppertia virginalis

Goeppertia virginalis, introduced to European glasshouses by Linden and described by Regel as Calathea virginalis, is a lowland prayer plant of the southwestern Amazon in Rondônia, Acre and adjacent Peru, known from only a handful of wild records below 150 m. Its home is hot and humid with a pronounced dry season from June to September, so it wants warmth and high humidity but copes with a slightly drier spell in winter.

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 rhizomatous understory herb of lowland terra firme and seasonally flooded forest on the Amazon plain near the Andean foot. Little beyond the original description is published; the habitat is inferred from the recorded sites and from related Amazonian Goeppertia.

The three placed records lie between sea level and 150 m on the Amazon plain.

BrazilRondôniaAcrePeru

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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.