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From the archives, this is a houseplant that I no longer have. It's a maranta. I like the way the leaves fold up at night. They never seem to survive in my care though.
A few cuttings from my Prayer Plant... I used these leaves in my "Little BigShot" macro lens experiments. This is the "Big Picture."
This red-veined Prayer Plant is my all-time favorite house plant. I have had one (but not the same one) in my home for as long as I can remember.
And I remember the very first Prayer Plant I ever saw... it was in a pet store, in the '70's, in an aquarium, used as one of the underwater plants! The red veins glowed in the aquarium lighting and I became instantly fascinated with it.
I had an aquarium at the time, so I bought one and brought it home. It had a few leaves sticking off to one side, so I trimmed it and stuck the cuttings in a small glass of water. It rooted quickly, and this became by first potted plant.
I love this plant. It really does live up to it's name, raising it's leaves in the evening (yes, every evening after dark!) straight up towards the sky, as if it really is praying! And during the day... the leaves return to a down position!
Calathea belongs to a group of tropical plants in the Arrowroot Family Marantaceae. They are popular houseplants due to their varied and decorative foliage and in some species, colorful inflorescences. The common name "prayer plant" comes from the way the foliage on the plants turns upward in the evening like a pair of hands folded in prayer.
Leaf of Calathea orbifolia (Marantaceae), photographed at Flecker Gardens, part of the Cairns Botanic Gardens (Cairns, Australia).
Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.
Calathea ornata (Linden) Körn. Marantaceae. CN: Striped, Pink-stripe, Pin-stripe calathea, Prayer plant. Native to Central and South America; elsewhere cultivated as ornamental. This specimen must be a garden escape from a nearby settlement and found growing wild in the adjacent forest floor.
Synonym(s):
Calathea arrecta Lindl. & André
Calathea ornata var. albolineata Körn.
Calathea ornata var. roseolineata Körn.
Maranta albolineata (Körn.) Regel
Maranta coriifolia Regel
Maranta ornata Linden
Maranta roseolineata (Körn.) Linden
Phrynium ornatum (Linden) K.Koch
Phyllodes arrecta (Lindl. & André)
Phyllodes ornata (Linden) Kuntze
Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?8419
Border, foliage, Maranta leuconeura,
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Maranta leuconeura - Its showy, oval-shaped leaves have a spectacular light-and-dark-green feathered pattern with red veins, that earned its name because of the way its leaves fold together at night, like hands closed in prayer. The leaves then unfold in the morning light.
35mm Sigma Art processed in ON1. Covid baby gone gangbusters, now taller than me and living under my pergola as it's HUGE!
this little series came out nice in large size!
i was experimenting with the 'portrait' setting on my camera & discovered it makes a bigger file
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What a wonderful surprise! Blooming for the first time in more than 2 years and so timely - during the whole month of October, cheering my cheerless heart due to weeks of illness that included viral fever, flu, and ended with food poisoning with bouts of vomiting and diarrhea till last Sunday. Thank God, I am now fully recovered. Fingers still crossed! :-D
Before they unfurl, Harris' new leaves (he's a prayer plant) form water droplets at the top. They magnify the interior edge of the new leaf. This one looks like it might have a bit of damage. You can make out our windows and some sky, and I think, hazily, me.
Thought it would be a good time to share my biggest (14 inches from nose to bum) indoor Froggy, and one that lights up also! Yes, that is a "frogbutt plug" :-) a floor night light that guides the way. And of course a froggy that enjoys just sitting and watching :-)
Main reason for the capture.... I was surprised a couple of weeks ago when this Prayer Plant (Maranta Leuconeura) started to flower - surprise!
There used to be a Prayer Plant that was in one of these gift arrangements with other plants in the greenhouse at the Monroe Community Hospital. A woman volunteer used to bring patients in next to it to have prayer sessions, but it eventually died. I was able to find another one and now I know what kind of light and watering it likes so it is doing well.
I understand that the leaves of these plants fold down at night and come back up in the daytime....thus the name.
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No invites please. Just your visits/kind comments are enough to warm my heart...and much appreciated. Thanks. :)
What a wonderful surprise! Blooming for the first time in more than 2 years and so timely - during the whole month of October, cheering my cheerless heart due to weeks of illness that included viral fever, flu, and ended with food poisoning with bouts of vomiting and diarrhea till last Sunday. Thank God, I am now fully recovered. Fingers still crossed! :-D
I thought my prayer plant had died, since all the leaves turned brown and fell off, but then a whole crop of new ones came up from the middle, and they brought flowers with them!
So I guess that's supposed to happen.
Aurora had let this prayer plant get so pot-bound that it was almost completely dead. I broke up the circular roots, gave it EM and compost tea, and buried in it a much larger pot with soil from outside (hopefully containing lots of organic matter and microorganisms). This is the first new leaf! It's coming back!
Just love these beautiful variegated foliage!
No invites please, Just your visits/kind comments are enough to warm my heart...and much appreciated. Thanks. :)
Spring must be on the way......No flowers outside...
I was surprised a couple of weeks ago when this Prayer Plant (Maranta Leuconeura) started to flower - surprise! Never seen that happen before.
Just love these beautiful variegated foliage!
No invites please, Just your visits/kind comments are enough to warm my heart...and much appreciated. Thanks. :)
#stillgrowing ...
well, I lost 3 #houseplants in the #masterbathroom #shower/#bathtub, & 2 are struggling, not sure why, maybe the ants, or the black beetles, or something else. I need to get that plant app.
Otherwise, all the other 22 #plants (& 3 #airplants) are doing well & even thriving. My #prayerplant is #blooming, my 1 #inchplant is going gang busters.
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No invites please. Just your visits/kind comments are enough to warm my heart...and much appreciated. Thanks. :)
What a wonderful surprise! Blooming for the first time in more than 2 years and so timely - during the whole month of October, cheering my cheerless heart due to weeks of illness that included viral fever, flu, and ended with food poisoning with bouts of vomiting and diarrhea till last Sunday. Thank God, I am now fully recovered. Fingers still crossed! :-D