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
