Mazhar Botanic Garden

Geoppertia majestica White Star (Linden) Borchs. & S. Suarez

White Star Prayer plant

Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Geoppertia
Species: majestica
Cultivar / variety: White Star
Sample code: EGY-MBG-001351
Common name: White Star Prayer plant
English name: Majestic Prayer plant, White Star Calathea
Native: South America to Brazil
Country: Brazil South America
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Perennial indoor plant grow 50-60 cm height with a similar spread leaves elongated, paddle-shaped, upper surface marked with fine, regular white, cream or silvery stripes, undersides purple or magenta 

Ornamental indoor plant. Like other prayer plants, it exhibits daily movement, folding its leaves upward at night and opening them back up in the morning.

Calathea majestica (Linden) HKenn

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Texture: Enriched soil
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: None
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Spring to early summer
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 6.0-6.5

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