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Goeppertia zingiberina

Goeppertia zingiberina, the ginger-like Calathea zingiberina, is one of the most widespread species in the genus, ranging across the Guianas and the whole Amazon basin from Venezuela to Bolivia and central Brazil at 0 to 520 m. It grows in warm lowland forest, often on damp or seasonally flooded ground, and at home it wants shade, steady warmth and plenty of water, with a lighter hand only where a dry season is being mimicked.

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

Understory herb of lowland Amazonian and Guianan rainforest, including seasonally moist forest on the southern Amazon margin, streamside and low, damp ground. It forms clumps of narrow, ginger-like leaves on a spreading rhizome.

Recorded at 0 to 520 m, median 150 m; a lowland species throughout its range.

BrazilFrench GuianaColombiaGuyanaSurinameVenezuelaBoliviaPeruEcuador

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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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