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Friday, November 16, 2012

Calathea crotalifera - Rattlesnake Plant


Scientific name: Calathea crotalifera
Common name: Rattlesnake Plant, Rattlesnake Ginger, Yellow Rattle Shaker
Family: Marantaceae
Origin: Mexico to Ecuador
Category: Perennial herb
Photo taken at: the rooftop Secret Garden of 1 Utama


How to grow
Light : Shade to semi-shade
Soil : Moist, well-drained but not waterlogged
Water : Frequent
Prune : Cut away dried leaves and flower spikes.
Propagate : Underground rhizomes

Features : Ornamental plant up to 4 ft (1.2 M) tall, with upright inflorescences that look like the snake's rattle. Conspicous bracts are either yellow, green red or brown while the flowers are tiny, yellow-orange in colour. Seeds are dark-blue.

2 comments:

  1. Kwiatki mają ciekawy kształt i są bardzo ładne. Pozdrawiam.
    Flowers are an interesting shape and are very nice. Yours.

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  2. very nice blogspot made. really good collection and appriciatable effort. very nice.

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Yay! You like flowers too.

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