Calathea sanderiana ornata
Calathea ornata is an elegant (ornate) tropical foliage plant with a compact, upright habit. Calathea has thick and shiny, oblong dark green leaves. The leaves have an extraordinary, baby-pink pinstripe pattern. As the leaves mature, this baby-pink colour will eventually turn more yellow to white. The undersides of the leaves are deep purple to dark green. As a typical Calathea, C. ornata too earns its nickname as ‘living plant’ because it closes or rises its leaves at night and uncurls or lowers them again in the morning. With all its colours and its neat pattern, this funny night habit gives an even more significant effect. Calathea ornata is native to tropical areas of South America, where it grows as an evergreen perennial in the shady, damp understories of rainforests. It makes for a stylish and easy houseplant. Calathea ornata is commonly known as Goeppertia ornata or Pinstripe Calathea, because of its fine-lined leaf pattern. Evanthia has Calathea ornate starting material available all year round, as tissue culture young plants. Ask our team for the Calathea cultivation manual for commercial production. Check out all Calatheas in the Evanthia range.
Properties
Botanical name:
Calathea sanderiana
Family:
Marantaceae
Series name:
Product group:
Calathea
VBN code:
Status:
Product group:
Airpurifying
Tropical
Cultivation information
Starting material:
Young plant from tissue culture
Pot size:
cm
Stem length:
-
cm
Growing location:
Plant density:
/m2
Sowing period:
Growing temperature:
Pot size:
cm
Pot size:
40-80
cm
Ideal growing temperature:
20-23
°C
Growing time to young plant:
12-14
weeks
Growing time from young plant to final product:
18
-
30
weeks
USDA Hardiness zone:
10-12
Average number of seeds per kilo:
The information shown here is intended as a general guide and should not be considered growing instructions. Details are based on Western European climate conditions, unless specifically stated otherwise.
