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Goeppertia fasciata

Goeppertia fasciata
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Goeppertia fasciata is a tropical foliage plant from northeastern Brazil, grown mainly as a houseplant for its patterned leaves. It needs warm, humid, bright indirect light and consistently moist soil.

Family
Marantaceae (Prayer-plant family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil lightly moist and water when the top layer starts to dry; use soft or filtered water.
Soil
Peat-based or humus-rich mix with good drainage.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Goeppertia fasciata (syn. Calathea fasciata), is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae. Native to wet tropical areas of northeastern Brazil, it is occasionally kept as a houseplant. There appears to be a cultivar, 'Borrusica'.

Other Goeppertia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goeppertia fasciata 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.

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