Marantha Burle Marxii - Calathea Ctenanthe Burle Marxii, Wishbone Prayer plant Sansevieria Silver Steel and flowers

and flowers

as its fruits are eagerly sought by various native birds such as thrushes

and grow directly from its trunk in cascading bunches

Pests: Occasionally affected by mealybugs

Marantha Burle Marxii - Calathea Ctenanthe Burle Marxii, Wishbone Prayer plant Sansevieria Silver Steel and flowersMarantha Burle Marxii Calathea Ctenanthe Burle Marxii, Wishbone Prayer plant The Maranta genus includes a few dozen low growing plants native to the American tropics. Maranta have some of the most beautiful, most decorative leaves in the plant kingdom. The popular M. tricolor has deep green, velvety leaves with yellow splotches down the midrib and arching red veins traveling to the leaf margins. They are fairly common as houseplants, but not