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Goeppertia louisae

Goeppertia louisae
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0

Goeppertia louisae is a species of Marantaceae from Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, grown as a decorative foliage plant with dark green leaves and silvery bands on top and purple undersides. It thrives in warm, humid, shaded conditions, similar to other prayer plants.

Family
Marantaceae (Prayer-plant family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings, using soft water.
Soil
Peat-based, well-draining potting mix with added perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Goeppertia louisae (syn. Calathea louisae) is a species of plant belonging to the genus Goeppertia, native to Rio de Janeiro state of southeast Brazil but cultivated in other places as an ornamental.

Other Goeppertia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goeppertia louisae 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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