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Goeppertia

Also called Tracheophytes

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Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0

Goeppertia is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, many of which were formerly called Calathea, and many of its members are grown as foliage houseplants. The key to growing them is steady humidity, filtered light and evenly moist soil.

Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never let it dry out completely; use soft or filtered water.
Soil
Well-draining, peat-based potting mix with some perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18 to 27 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic

About

Goeppertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to the New World Tropics. It contains 246 accepted species, many of which were until recently assigned to Calathea.

Other Goeppertia plants

Goeppertia orbifolia · Goeppertia picturata · Goeppertia warszewiczii · Guinea Arrowroot · Goeppertia concinna · Eternal Flame · Goeppertia fasciata · Rattlesnake Plant · Calathea Musaica · Goeppertia loeseneri · Goeppertia louisae · Goeppertia macrosepala

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goeppertia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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