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Prayer Plant (Calathea)

 
Description: They need a minimum temperature of 50'F, light shade and a moist compost. Water well in the growing season, preferably ... more
Prayer Plant (Calathea) ... with soft, tepid water, being careful not to over-water in the winter.

Newest Review: ... to turn yellow or speckled and loses leaves, and if left without treatment will soon die. Plants infested with Scales become ... more

 ... weak and stunted as the 2mm long, dark-brown bugs eat away at the leaves. Insecticide will soon rid the plant of these oval shaped creepy crawlies, but if left to go on eating and reproducing the Scales will kill the plant then spread to any other greenery you may have in the area. Mealy bugs look like cottony, white masses on the lower part of leaves and the roots. Infested plants develop brown, dry leaf tips, stunted growth and a sooty mould, and if left untreated die. Treat with an insecticide and mist the plan...more

Mad_Wicca
Crowned Review Prayer Plant (Calathea): Just Like A Prayer (1726 words)
by Mad_Wicca - written on 25/09/01 (Very useful, 30216 readings)
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The Prayer plant (Maranta), also know as the Ten Commandments, has become a very popular houseplant due to its compact size and beautiful decorative foliage. The plants pale green leaves are marked with dark patches between the veins, which become darker as the leaf ages, and the underside of the leaf is a gray-green with hints of purple. In its native homelands of Brazil, Asia and Africa the Prayer plant grows as groundcover, spreading across the forest floor from one patch of dappled light to the next. At night the Prayer plant folds its leaves up together, resembling hands in prayer, thus its more common name. Although you will never actually see the leaves ...

 

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