Cultivar · genus Goeppertia

Dottie

Goeppertia roseopicta · ‘Dottie’

Variegation traitDark form
‘Dottie’ — reference photo
AI illustration: Horta

Guide

Written and kept by people who grow it. Every section carries its source.

No cultivar-specific guide yet

Until someone writes one, this cultivar follows the Goeppertia roseopicta care below. If you grow ‘Dottie’, a few honest paragraphs would give it its own voice.

Care recipe

Each fact carries its confidence tier — and says whether it belongs to this cultivar or is inherited from the species.

Care notes reviewed by Horta
Humidity
ai:claude-code
Lightfrom Goeppertia roseopicta

Bright, indirect

Waterfrom Goeppertia roseopicta

≈ every 10 days

HumidityOwn

High

Temperaturefrom Goeppertia roseopicta

18–27 °C

Soil mixfrom Goeppertia roseopicta

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

Propagationfrom Goeppertia roseopicta

Division of the rootball at repotting

Fertilizingfrom Goeppertia roseopicta

Diluted balanced feed monthly through the growing season

Growth ratefrom Goeppertia roseopicta

Moderate

Floweringfrom Goeppertia roseopicta

Rarely flowers indoors; grown for its rose-painted leaves

ToxicitySpecies level

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 inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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HortaPrimary
Horta · AI-generated · © Horta

Sources: ai:claude-code · ASPCA

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