Species · genus Goeppertia · Marantaceae

Calathea majestica

Goeppertia majestica (Linden) Borchs. & S.Suárez

Also known as: Calathea ornata · Pinstripe Calathea · Pinstripe Plant · Royal Calathea

Growth habit

perennial

Native range

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru

Reference · G. majestica

Cultivars of G. majestica

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under G. majestica yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

A perennial member of Marantaceae native to the humid tropical forests of northern South America, this plant grows on the shaded understory floor where light is filtered and air stays moist. Give it bright indirect light, never direct sun, which scorches its patterned foliage. Keep the mix lightly and evenly moist but not soggy: water when the top inch is just dry, and reduce frequency in lower light to avoid rot.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

18–27 °C

Soil mix

Airy, moisture-retentive mix of peat/coir with perlite

Propagation

Division of the rootball at repotting

Fertilizing

Diluted balanced feed monthly through the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors; grown for its foliage

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Non-toxic to cats & dogs

Prayer-plant family (Marantaceae). ASPCA lists Calathea insignis (= Goeppertia insignis) non-toxic; the genus is uniformly safe. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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