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Maranta pohliana

Maranta pohliana Körn. (1862) is one of the commonest cerrado marantas, a small herb of open savanna and campo across central Brazil into eastern Bolivia, with 300 wild records at a median of about 500 m. It dies back to a rhizome with tuberous roots in the dry season and reappears with the rains, so it is grown more like a summer-growing geophyte than 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 grassy savanna on deep, well-drained latosols, often in nearly full sun among grasses; also cerrado edges and disturbed roadside savanna.

Mostly 200–1,000 m on the central plateau, median about 500 m; the single 5,104 m record is an error.

Brazil West-CentralBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBolivia

🔒 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.