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Maranta pulchra

Maranta pulchra S.Vieira & V.C.Souza was described in 2008 from Mato Grosso, Brazil, and is known from only a handful of sites around Cuiabá, Cáceres and the northern rim of the Pantanal at 150–490 m. It is a lowland herb of cerrado and semideciduous forest edges with a fierce, dry winter and a hot, wet summer.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Cerrado, cerradão and the edges of seasonally dry semideciduous forest on the lowlands north of the Pantanal; presumably a rhizomatous ground herb that rests in the dry season. Little is published beyond the description.

Records from 218 to 276 m, median about 236 m; one site at 490 m.

Brazil West-Central

🔒 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.