Calathea is a beautiful plant with highly decorative leaves. See which variety is right for you:
🌿 Calathea orbifolia
Characteristics: Large, round, light-green leaves with silvery stripes.
Why it’s popular: Its striking appearance and relatively good tolerance of care mistakes.
Please note: It requires high humidity.
🌿 Calathea makoyana (Peacock Plant)
Characteristics: Leaves resembling peacock feathers – light green with dark patterns.
Why it’s popular: Its delicate, decorative appearance; it is also commonly available in garden centers.
🌿 Calathea lancifolia (Rattlesnake Plant)
Characteristics: Long, narrow leaves with wavy edges, green with dark spots and burgundy undersides.
Why it’s popular: More tolerant of typical indoor conditions than other Calatheas.
🌿 Calathea roseopicta
Characteristics: Round leaves with contrasting, colorful patterns, often featuring pink or white accents.
Varieties in this group: ‘Dottie’ – dark leaves with a pink outline; ‘Medallion’ – medal-like leaves with a light-green center and dark edges; ‘Rosy’ – leaves with an intensely pink center.
🌿 Calathea zebrina
Characteristics: Leaves covered with symmetrical stripes in different shades of green, resembling a zebra pattern.
Why it’s popular: A classic, easily recognizable Calathea, often found in garden centers.
🌿 Calathea warscewiczii
Characteristics: Velvety, dark-green leaves with a light-green pattern and burgundy undersides.
Why it’s popular: Very decorative and elegant, although more demanding to grow.
🌿 Calathea White Fusion
Characteristics: Leaves with a unique marbled pattern in white, green, and cream shades.
Why it’s popular: An absolute favorite among collectors – extremely decorative, but also temperamental and more difficult to grow.
🌿 Calathea musaica (Network)
Characteristics: Leaves covered with a delicate, mosaic-like network resembling a pixelated pattern.
Why it’s popular: Its unusual appearance and greater tolerance of typical indoor conditions.
Remember that the plant will only thrive if it receives the right amount of light, moisture, and fertilizer.
🔴You can find cultivation plans for different Calathea varieties in the “Crop Plans” section of Plantis.
