Goeppertia crocata
About Goeppertia crocata
Many of the houseplants we used to know as Calatheas now belong to the genus Goeppertia (say that three times fast). These plants have delightfully patterned leaves that come in all sorts of colors and shapes! Commonly known as prayer plants, the leaves of some species fold up at night through a process called nyctinasty meaning night movement! 😴
Taxonomy
Goeppertia crocata
Goeppertia
Marantaceae
Zingiberales
Also known as
Calathea crocata
How to care for Goeppertia crocata
How often to water your Goeppertia crocata
every 9
Goeppertia crocata needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
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Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for None in your home
a window
Goeppertia crocata may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
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How to fertilize Goeppertia crocata
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Goeppertia crocata after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Losing leaves, color, and no new growth in months Hi all, does anyone know what’s up with my Calathea? It’s been steadily losing leaves for the past couple months and not sure what the issue is. It gets a lot of indirect light in a bathroom. I water it maybe once a week and it has a nagging fungus gnat problem. Are the gnats really the cause of the steady decline or is it something else I’m missing?
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The leaves are curling more towards the bottom and three have burnt looking small edges on leaf . What could cause this condition? #CathedralWindows
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What is wrong with my Jungle Velvet Calathea?? Any tips/suggestions would be so appreciated :( I’ve had this jungle velvet for almost a year now and it’s been quite the struggle to keep her alive and healthy. She has had a ton of new growth but her leaves have been steadily turning yellow over the last few months. In the last pic you can see there’s two different spots of new growth. So I’m just not sure what is going on with her or what I’m doing wrong. I have a humidifier that keeps the area at about 70% humidity (never lower than 60%). I have a moisture meter that I use to keep track of when to water and I don’t water until the meter shows that the soil is dry. Sometimes I wait a day after the meter says dry. I made the potting soil mixture myself - the base is FoxFarm happy frog potting soil with added orchid bark and perlite. I haven’t repotted since I made the soil mixture 10 or so months ago because she’s been struggling and I didn’t want to kill her. She sits in a north facing window so I think she’s getting enough sunlight. I used to use a little grow light but I stopped about a month ago because I thought she was getting too much light with that plus the sunlight. I haven’t noticed much of a difference since taking away the grow light. The issues she has been having include yellowing leaves and leaves curling upwards from the edges. The yellowing came first a few months ago. Recently I noticed some of the bigger leaves are curling upwards. I thought it could be watering related so I bought a gallon of distilled water to use instead of tap water. I usually use tap water that I have left out overnight because I read that gets rid of some of the harsher elements? I’m not sure if that’s even accurate but I have now switched to distilled water. Anyways sorry for the very long post but I’m so desperate at this point and I wanted to give as much detail as possible. I feel like since I’ve gotten this plant it’s been constant phases of trial and error and her condition is just not improving so I need help :( #JungleVelvet #Calathea #CalatheaCrew #helpneeded #help
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Should I consider repotting my Calathea? I notice the leaves are browning. I water with filtered water, and I make sure to open this container daily to get air flow. I have sol soils houseplants mix. Should I consider repotting into that mix? #PinstripePlant
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This plant is drying up. I water it on schedule. What am I doing wrong?? #PinstripePlant
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Just look at this beast. I cannot beleve this was that struggeling little thing just a while back... She is now too big to get a good picture of😅 🤩 #happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #calatheacrew #pinstripecalathea #adhdplantlovers #plantaddict
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So I repotted my calathea about 5 days ago, the first photo is about a day after and the second photo is today, can anyone please tell me what is going on and is there anything I can do to help it? #RoseCalathea
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Leaves are more pale green than usual #PrayerPlant
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What’s wrong with my plant?
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Brown spots on leaves
Care Summary for Goeppertia crocata
Goeppertia crocata
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 3ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.