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Goeppertia crocata
Also called Saffron Coloured Calathea
Goeppertia crocata, also called eternal flame or saffron-coloured calathea, is a tropical perennial from eastern Brazil grown for its bright yellow-orange flowers and patterned leaves. It needs warm, humid, bright indirect light and consistently moist soil.
Goeppertia crocata (syn. Calathea crocata), the saffron-coloured calathea or eternal flame plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae, native to Bahia and Espírito Santo states of eastern Brazil. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a hothouse ornamental.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goeppertia crocata 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
