Calathea loeseneri – Brazilian Star Calathea (6″ pot)

Description

This Brazilian Calathea is one of the very few with showy flowers. The large leaves are quite attractive and they remind me of a peacock ginger (Kaempferia). The long leaves are light green with a white midrib. The white/pinkish flowers are 3″ wide and produced on long stems. The blooms are very showy above the foliage and it blooms quite frequently. This is a rarely offered plant that you don’t see in everyone’s garden.

FAMILY: Marantaceae
ORIGIN: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, etc.
MATURE SIZE: 2′-3′
LIGHT: shade, filtered light
WATER: keep moist
MIN. TEMP. : mid 30’s F for a short period of time
FLOWER: throughout the year, white with pink/lavender