Maranta lucida

Maranta lucida is a name from Horaninow's 1862 catalogue, attributed to Regel, for a glossy-leaved Marantaceae grown in European glasshouses; it has no wild records, no clear modern placement and is not in cultivation under this name. The conditions given are generic for a tropical American forest-floor Marantaceae.

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 19th-century glasshouse name with no known wild locality; the plant it referred to is a rainforest Marantaceae of tropical America. No wild records or measured climate exist under this name, so the conditions below are those of a lowland to premontane rainforest understory herb of the Marantaceae.

No elevation data under this name; treated as a lowland to premontane forest plant.

Tropical America

🔒 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.