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Maranta phrynioides

Maranta phrynioides Körn. (1862) is a rhizomatous herb of the Brazilian cerrado and its gallery-forest edges, from Goiás and Mato Grosso into Tocantins, Pará and eastern Bolivia, mostly at 300–800 m. It lives through a hot, five-month dry season by dying back to its rhizome and tuberous roots, so it wants bright light, warmth and a definite winter rest, not the constant warm humidity of a prayer plant.

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

Open cerrado, campo sujo and the sunny margins of gallery forest on deep, well-drained latosols in central Brazil; an emergent-then-deciduous ground herb rather than a forest-floor plant. Habitat detail is generalised from the cerrado Maranta group.

Records from sea level to 1,232 m, median about 500 m, on the Brazilian plateau.

Brazil West-CentralBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBolivia

🔒 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.