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Goeppertia legrelleana is a tropical prayer-plant from South America, grown for its silvery-banded leaves. It is a fairly recent addition to cultivation, so care guidance comes mainly from close relatives in the genus.
Goeppertia legrelleana is a species of the genus Goeppertia, in the family Marantaceae. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Suriname. It was first discovered by Linden in 1867 and described as Maranta legrelleana in Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère.
It has recently been introduced in cultivation and can sometimes be found in plant nurseries.
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 legrelleana 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.
