Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana - Prayer Plant

Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana

Scientific name: Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana

Synonym: Maranta kerchoviana

Common name: Prayer Plant

Family: Marantaceae

Origin: Brazil

Category: Herbaceous perrenial shrub

Photo taken at: Rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow : Light : Soil : Water : Prune : Propagate : Features :

Calathea ornata - Striped Calathea

Calathea ornata

Scientific name: Calathea ornata

Common name: Striped Calathea, Pink-Stripe Calathea, Pin-Stripe Calathea

Family: Marantaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Foliage Plant

Photo taken at: rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow 

Light : Partial sun

Soil : Moist, well-drained

Water : Regular

Propagate : Division of plants

Features :

Suitable as an indoor houseplant

Calathea rufibarba - Velvet Calathea

Calathea rufibarba

Scientific name: Calathea rufibarba

Common name: Velvet Calathea

Family: Marantaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Foliage plant

Photo taken at: rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama 

How to grow

Light : Partial sun

Soil : Moist, well drained

Water : Regular

Propagate : Division of plants

Features :

Use as an indoor foliage plant.

Calathea roseo picta - Rose Painted Calathea

Calathea roseo picta

Scientific name: Calathea roseo picta

Common name: Rose Painted Calathea, Rose Painted Prayer Plant

Family: Marantaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Low rosette herb

Photo taken at: rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow

Light : Partial sun, filtered light, bright indirect light

Soil : Moist, well-aerated, well-drained soil

Water : Regular

Propagate : Division of plants

Features :

Grown for its beautiful foliage. The flowers are small and quite inconspicuous.

Calathea insignis - Rattlesnake Plant

Calathea insignis

Scientific name: Calathea insignis

Common name: Rattlesnake Plant

Family: Marantaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Rosette herb 

Photo taken at: rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow

Light : Partial shade

Soil : Moist, well-draining soil

Water : Regular

Maintenance: Keep the soil medium consistently moist as it loves a moist and humid environment. During dry weather, spray a mist of water on leaves

Propagate : Root division

Features :

It can be grown as a houseplant for its beautiful foliage. The leaves are sword-like, long and narrow. Flowers are cone-like inflorescences with small flowers and overlapping bracts.

Calathea loeseneri - Star Calathea

Scientific name: Calathea loeseneri
Common name: Star Calathea
Family: Marantaceae

Origin: Mexico to Ecuador

Category: Perennial herb

Photo taken at: the rooftop Secret Garden of 1 Utama

How to grow

Light : Partial shade to dappled light

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 3ft (1 m ) tall, grown for its beautiful foliage. It has upright inflorescences that look like shining stars. Conspicous light pink bracts with tiny white flowers.

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.