Calathea warscewiczii
Calathea warscewiczii is a decorative, tropical foliage plant, with a compact growth habit. C. warscewiczii is beautifully patterned with bright green and dark green. The elongated leaves have a matt finish and contrasting velvety purple undersides. As a typical Calathea, C. warscewiczii also deserves the nickname 'living plant' because it closes or lifts its leaves at night and uncurls or lowers them again in the morning. Calathea warscewiczii originates as an evergreen perennial in tropical regions of Brazil. There it grows in the shady, damp understory of rainforests. Other internationally used names for Calathea warscewiczii are: Prayer plant and Goeppertia warszewiczii. Evanthia has Calathea warscewiczii starting material available year round, as young plants from tissue culture. Ask our team for the Calathea cultivation manual for commercial production. View all Calatheas in the Evanthia assortment.
Properties
Botanical name:
Calathea warscewiczii
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:
40-100
cm
Ideal growing temperature:
20-23
°C
Growing time to young plant:
10-12
weeks
Growing time from young plant to final product:
16
-
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.
