I received this plant for Mother's Day from my 3 year old daughter, which she has now named "Charlie". I am having trouble figuring out what type of plant this is, and he doesn't seem to be doing very well. I recently gave him fertilizer, and after that he's been slowly declining.
1) What kind of plant is this?
2) How can I save it?
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Your plant looks like a rose painted prayer plant. Tips for caring for it can be found at hirts.com/
I never heard them called prayer plants before....neat, I know them as Calathea, but I see from Veronica's link they are the same thing. Cool! Learned something today!!
Yours looks like it may have been sunburned (or fertilizer burned). Cut off the dead stuff and it should come back.
They are kind of finicky, but once you get the right combo of sun and water, they are lovely! The link Veronica gave is very accurate.
Mine always did well and I never fertilized them! So you may want to try just getting the right light and water schedule and see if you even need to feed them more than water.
Keep them away from pets and small children-as they be harmful if consumed.
Then sit back and enjoy the beauty!!
It is a prayer plant. It likes bright sunlight and warm water
That is definitely a Prayer Plant! I have several. I've found that they like to be spritzed with water on their leaves. Bump it up a size and give it some fresh soil.
I believe it is a prayer plant. It is named so because the leaves close up as hands together in prayer. The name of the 'prayer plant' is 'Maranta'
Hello !
It is a Calathea roseopicta 'Medallion'. It comes from the rain forests of Brazil, and that is why it needs moist first of all and warmth and zenithal light only. That is the atmosphere they have when they live in the shadow at the foot of the tall trees in a steadily extremely moisty atmosphere with the sun light being filtered by the leaves of the big trees and never reaching directly the sides of the plant.
Definitely a prayer plant or Calathea I would think.
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