Goeppertia picturata
Goeppertia picturata is a species of plant now classified as belonging to the genus Goeppertia in the family Marantaceae. It is native to northwest Brazil. and has been introduced to Colombia, Peru, the Leeward Islands, and the Windward Islands.
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Description
Goeppertia picturata is a medium sized plant with ovale, pointy, glossy green leaves. It has long and thin petioles and a short pulvinus. It usually have a pattern on the upper side of the leaf which consists of one grey band along the middle vein and two thin, grey bands on the middle of each side of the leaf. The inflorescence of G.picturata is made of multiple bracts around a peduncle in a shape of a pencil. The bracts can be green or purple and are not hairy. The flowers will never change on this species and will always be fully white. The specific epithet picturata refers to having variegated leaves.
How it is grown
The Goeppertia picturata cultivar 'Argentea', with silver leaves edged in green, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Cultivation”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1138030.