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Maranta linearis

Maranta linearis is a narrow-leaved, tuberous herb of the Orinoco lowlands of Venezuela and eastern Colombia, described by Andersson in 1986 and almost never cultivated. It lives at 40 to 200 m in a hot climate with a hard dry season from December to March, so unlike the rainforest prayer-plants it expects a dry rest, high light and warmth all year.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

The records cluster around Puerto Ayacucho and the middle Orinoco, a landscape of seasonally flooded savanna, granite outcrops and gallery forest. The linear leaves and tuberous habit typical of this group of Maranta point to an open or lightly shaded site, savanna margin or forest edge, that floods in the wet season and dries out hard from December to March. Species-specific habitat notes were not reachable.

Recorded at 37 to 200 m, median 90 m (19 records); a lowland species.

VenezuelaColombiaAmazonas (Venezuela)VichadaGuainía

🔒 Growing it like that

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.