Calathea spp.
| Family: | MARANTACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Calathea | ||||
| Synonym: | Not available | ||||
| Common Name: | Prayer plants | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | June - October | ||||
| Distribution: | Native of tropical America | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as garden plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental foliage garden plant | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Plantis a compact, rhizomatous, evergreen perennial. Leaves rise on long petioles from basal rosettes to form a foliage clump. Leaves have a wide range of colour variations, showy, broad, with stripes. Leaf undersides are mostly reddish-purple. Leaves fold together at dusk in a manner somewhat resembling praying hands, hence the sometimes used common name of prayer plant. | ||||