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Goeppertia latifolia

Goeppertia latifolia
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0

Goeppertia latifolia is a tropical perennial in the prayer-plant family (Marantaceae), native from Panama to Ecuador and Trinidad, and it is grown for its foliage. It does best in warm, humid conditions with bright indirect light and consistently moist soil.

Family
Marantaceae (Prayer-plant family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and let the surface dry lightly before watering again; use soft water.
Soil
Peat-based, well-draining potting mix with some added perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Panama to Ecuador and Trinidad
Climate
wet tropical

About

Goeppertia latifolia is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its native range is Panama to Ecuador and Trinidad. It is used as a food and medicine. Prehistoric Lucayan migrants to the Bahamas brought Goeppertia latifolia with them from their ancestral homelands. The flowers of Goeppertia latifolia do not open spontaneously.

Other Goeppertia plants

Goeppertia cylindrica · Goeppertia orbifolia · Goeppertia ornata · Calathea pallidicosta · Calathea paucifolia · Goeppertia picturata · Calathea roseobracteata · Goeppertia warszewiczii · Goeppertia albertii · Guinea Arrowroot · Goeppertia bantae · Goeppertia burle-marxii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goeppertia latifolia 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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