Description
The Colorful Knight of your Round Table
The Rose Painted Calathea’s green elliptic leaves are striped in soft brushstrokes of pink from the midrib outward. As the plant matures, the pink stripes turn to white. The leaves grow from the top of the stalks, and can reach up to 30” high.
As undemanding as they come, the Calathea prefers to be kept indoors, or on balconies and patios. Make sure to find a spot away from cold drafts or direct sunlight. For optimum growth, keep the soil moist.
Caring for your Prayer Plant
Taking good care of any plant is essential to ensure it grows appropriately and blooms. You need to take care of several things, such as the amount of water you need to give the plant, the best way to propagate it, and the kind of fertilizer you need to use. Here is a complete care guide you can use.
Light
This plant enjoys medium and bright indirect light. They should not be placed in direct sunlight as that can damage the plant significantly. You can set the plant in a room with a window and get reasonable amounts of indirect light. Ideally, these plants grow under large trees in their natural habitat. Therefore, they need indirect but good amounts of light. If your plants do not get enough sunlight, they will produce smaller leaves and stunted growth.
Soil
Calatheas enjoys a well-draining soil that can be a mixture of potting soil, peat, and perlite. You can mix lighter soils such as coir or pumas. Experts recommend avoiding the usage of heavy soils as they are not well draining.
Water
It is vital to give your Prayer plant a balanced amount of water. The plant is susceptible to water. They do not deal well with too little water or too much water. If you do not give the plant enough water, its leaves will dry out, and if you overwater it, the roots will start to rot, which can cause the plant to die.
The soil of the Calathea needs to be moist at all times. You can check the moisture in the ground with your finger. Your plant likes a humid environment, so you can try to keep humidity levels high using a mist, and the plant will thrive.
Fertilizer
The Calathea requires regular fertilizer during its growth stages. You can give it fertilizer every two or three weeks when the growth is in full swing. The best fertilizer match is chemical or organic fertilizer. It is best to avoid any fertilizer during the winter as that can be shocking for the plants in their dormancy.
Common Issues
If you do not take good care of your prayerplant, it may face many issues such as pest infestation and other diseases. Let’s look at all the common problems you must be aware of.
Pests
Spider mites are the most common pests to infest the Prayer plant. Other than that, they may also attract aphids and or scale insects. If these pests infect your plant, you might see yellow leaves and other visible spots on the surface of the leaves.
To control the pest infestation, you can use insecticidal soap.
Disease
Root rot is the most common disease in the Peacock plant. If you overwater it and do not choose well-draining soil, then that can cause your plant’s roots to rot. To avoid root rot, you should only water your plant when scorched. You can check for dryness using your finger.
Other than that, bacterial growth in your plant may suffer from Pseudomonas Leaf spot. This can cause a reddish-brown spot on the leaves and distort them. To treat this problem, it is best to cut off the damaged leaves so that the bacterium does not spread.
Pruning
This plant does not require you to prune it very frequently. All you need to do is to keep an eye out for all the damaged and wilted leaves. Removing them from the plant will help improve your plant’s growth, as only the healthy parts of the plant will get the nutrients.
Propagation
You can propagate the Peacock plant when it grows big. You can multiply it by root division. You can do it during the springtime as that’s when the plant is waking up and is in its active growth period. Be sure to separate it naturally.
Potting / Repotting
You can re-pot the plant during the spring and fall. It is best to re-pot the plant every two years or if you think the pot is full of roots. Choose a slightly bigger pot for the re-potting.
Ronnie (verified owner) –
Very happy with the beautiful plant. Will purchase more plants in the future.
Eric Lowther (verified owner) –
Never seen a calathea this big!
Erica Van Thournout (verified owner) –
So perfect and huge!
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All the plants arrived beautiful and lush and much larger than I expected. In fact, I had to get larger decorative planters.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
This plant is so beautiful and healthy, and I love how the leaves fold up at night…. showing their purple underside.
Joan (verified owner) –
I have never ordered a plant that was packaged this well- the plant arrived in perfect condition- perfect and absolutely beautiful! I am thrilled and will order again! Thank you!
Charlotte Beachum –
Will this plant survive in my shower area. totally away from sun exposure. Light from bedroom sliding doors about 20 feet away.
Shelly (verified owner) –
Beautiful plant. Love it!
Amaber D. (verified owner) –
This plant tried to die on me the following day but I revived it with UV growing light. It’s holding by a threat a the moment.
Kyra (verified owner) –
Plant is healthy and looking beautiful
Simone Wilson-Brito (verified owner) –
Beautiful condition. Great big leaves. Very good condition.
Victoria C. (verified owner) –
Everything I’ve ordered has been well-packed and healthy and gorgeous. I’m a return customer!
Patty Malin (verified owner) –
I did have trouble with this plant, it was alittle dropped but after watering it was more alive.
Peggy Maki (verified owner) –
This order of a large calathea is my first order from Plantvine. I was totally taken aback by the size and fullness of the plant. Have never, ever seen one this size. I am so impressed by it and other possibilities at Plantvine. It is now my “go to plant place” from now on. Delivery was also super fast and the plant was perfect. No damage at all during shipping. Thanks to all at Plantvine, Peggy Maki
Cathy Lance (verified owner) –
Arrived in AZ just perfect. Will never buy from anyone but PlantVine again!
T ward (verified owner) –
As always plantvine has nice big calatheas. Very healthy. Will continue to order plus best prices
Mary ann kistler (verified owner) –
Another gorgeous plant that is vigorous and beautigul.Will buy again.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
I was sent an email to expect the quality of the leaves to be a little less than ideal. But the size and health of the plant is very good, so I’m hoping it will grow happy. I appreciate how careful and weather-conscious the company was about shipping, but it seemed like a simple warm pack could have made it easier to ship earlier.
Hannah K. (verified owner) –
So pretty! My plant is happy and enjoying its new home as part of my indoor jungle
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This plant opened up beautifully, really excited to get a cool planter and watch this baby flourish.
Rina Najman (verified owner) –
There was not a bad plant in the bunch I received, including this one. Healthy roots, moist soil, well packaged.
Luke (verified owner) –
I love this plant, it is beautiful and arrived very quickly and in great shape!
Melinda Russell (verified owner) –
Beautiful!
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KRISTINA (verified owner) –
Very healthy! So happy I ordered from you!!