Maranta rugosa

Maranta rugosa is a recently described Brazilian species (Braga and Vieira) known from only a handful of wild records in the north, northeast and west-central states, in strongly seasonal country between the Cerrado and the Amazon. Expect a rhizomatous forest-floor herb that sits out a long, hot dry season and grows hard in the summer rains; there is almost nothing published on its cultivation, so the guidance below is built from the measured climate and what the genus does.