| Description | A plant that requires a little more work. It tolerates most normal house conditions but prefers a few up grades. It also goes through a die back dormancy period. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 9 |
| Sunlight | Bright to moderate, up to 1000 foot candles, tolerates artificial light. |
| Moisture | Prefers to be kept evenly moist. Tolerates average humidity but prefers more. |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | prefers warm, tolerates average house |
| Flowers | Small white flowers with purple stripes are bore on an upright stem called a raceme. |
| Leaves | The green leaves are oblong. On the upper surface running on both sides of the midrib are brown blotches. The plant is prostrate growing. During the night these leaves will roll up. |
| Stems | creeping, procumbent |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | It is a low ground hugging plant. It can be kept in a small pot (4.5") or allowed to fill in a larger pot (10" or more). It will cascade over the side of a pot. |
| Maintenance | The passing of the flowers seems to indicate the start of a resting period. At this point, water a little less and remove the dead foliage. After a period of time it will start to regrow with fresh, crisp colorful leaves. |
| Propagation | division, cuttings |
| Native Site | Brazil |
| Misc Facts | The foliage on the Marantha's is colorful and has different patterns. A well grown plant in a large pot is a great addition to the indoor garden. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf) , #70-Indoor Plants (Courtuer and Clark), #158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey) |
Cart
