Tuesday, November 23, 2010

New Calatheas

One of my favorite plant families is the "Prayer plants" from the botanical family Marantaceae.  These include the genera Calathea, Ctenanthe, Stromanthe, and Maranta.  I don't have a lot of plants from this family, but I added two new Calatheas recently through plant trades.  I was able to share my Ctenanthes with two friends and they each shared a Calathea with me.  Plant trading is so much fun because the only money spent or exchanged is to pay for shipping and you get "free" plants in the mail.

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Calathea concinna
The leaves of Calathea concinna are marked much like those of Ctenanthe burle-marxii, but there are some distinct differences.  Ctenanthe burle-marxii has rectangular leaves with a point at the end, while Calathea concinna has ovate leaves.

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Calathea musaica
The foliage is of Calathea musaica is unlike any of my other Calatheas.  In fact, it is unlike any other Calathea in existence - quite unique!

1 comment:

  1. Do you trade on Dave's Garden or some other site? Or just with fellow Aroiders?

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