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Maranta amazonica

Maranta amazonica is a forest-floor herb of the wet western Amazon lowlands, described by Andersson in 1986 and recorded mainly in the Yasuni and Napo region of Ecuador at 100 to 650 m. Its habitat is uniformly warm and very humid with rain in every month, so it wants steady warmth, deep shade and constant moisture with no rest.

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 terrestrial herb of shaded understory in lowland Amazonian rainforest, on terra firme slopes and damp flats. Measured sites are among the wettest in the Amazon with humidity near 90 percent and no true dry season.

Recorded at 100 to 650 m, median 250 m; a lowland species reaching the Andean foothills.

EcuadorPeruColombiaNapoOrellanaSucumbiosPastazaLoreto

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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.