Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana (prayer plant)... House Plant Journal

Quick Summary Plant name: Maranta leuconora var Kerchoveana, Rabbit's Foot, Rabbit's Tracks Common species and cultivars: Kerchoveana Minima, Kerchoveana " Variegata" or Beauty Kim Native to: the Brazilian Rainforest Lighting: Prefers bright indirect light but will tolerate a little bit of shade. Keep away from direct sunlight. Care: Gentle. Named for Bartolomeo Maranta, an Italian physician and botanist of the 16th century, the Maranta genus includes a few dozen low-growing plants native to Brazil, among them the prayer plant ( Maranta leuconeura ). It gets its common name from the fact that its leaves stay flat during the day and then fold up like praying hands at night.

Maranta Leuconeura Kerchoveana Variegata stek Kweeklust

Prayer plants ( Maranta leuconeura) are beautiful indoor houseplants with fascinating broad green leaves. The leaves can have pink-colored stripes or veins, dark green splotches, or red or white markings. Also called prayer plants, maranta plants are easy to grow indoors with few care requirements. What does that mean? Well, it means that our leafy friend raises its leaves in the morning and then folds them at night. This is also why Maranta leuconeura also goes by the mysterious name of the Prayer plant. Maranta kerchoveana is another older name if you want to believe NC State University. Maranta Leuconeura has many varieties, and one outstanding cultivar is Maranta Kerchoveana, famously known as Maranta Rabbit's foot and Maranta Maranta Green Stripe. Plant owners love Maranta Kerchoveana because of its stunning foliage patterns, mint green color with dark green big spots that look like rabbit tracks across the midrib. Description An evergreen tropical plant commonly grown as a houseplant in temperate climates. The Prayer Plant has variegated ovate leaves with entire margins that fold at night to resemble praying hands. The undersides of the leaves are gray-green to purple-green. New leaves appear as a rolled tube.

House Plant Maranta Leuconeura Kerchoveana Plants Photo

Marantas are beautiful house plants, grown for their bold and striking foliage. The oval, variegated leaves are intricately patterned in a range of colours and patterns that look like an artist's brushstrokes. The undersides of the leaves are often dark red. The prayer plant "Kerchoviana," also called the rabbit's foot plant, is a popular variety of Maranta leuconeura. These common houseplants have light grayish green leaves with dark splotches (which resemble rabbit tracks) between the veins. The underside of the leaves is a shade of silvery blue. Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana: Lighter green leaves with dark markings, which lack the herringbone pattern. There is also a beautifully variegated Maranta version! Maranta leuconeura 'Lemon-Lime': Similar to var. erythroneura, but with light green rather than red leaf veins. Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana prayer plant An evergreen perennial to 30cm in height, forming a clump of broad, oval mid-green leaves with grey-green markings and conspicuous brown blotches either side of the midrib. Flowers white, insignificant Other common names rabbit tracks rabbit's foot Join the RHS today and save 25% Join now © RHS 1997

Maranta leuconeura Kerchoveana wzorzyste liście (2C1200244NAK3) • Cena, Opinie • Rośliny

Green Prayer Plant. There are numerous sub-cultivars of Maranta leuconeura, including the variety Kerchoveana(also known as rabbit's foot) and Erythroneura (also known as herringbone plant or red prayer plant). The herringbone plant has purplish markings and deep, blood-red veins. Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoveana' is the one most often seen of the Maranta prayer plant species and related cousin the Calathea plant. Its light green leaves are somewhat rounded with inconspicuous veining. There are dark splotches on either side of the main rib. When the leaves are new, these splotches look dark brown. Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoveana' is undoubtedly the one most often seen of the Maranta species and related cousin the Calathea plant. Its light green leaves are somewhat rounded with inconspicuous veining. There are dark splotches on either side of the main rib, and when the leaves are new, these splotches look dark brown sometimes, and in. The Maranta leuconeura Kerchoveana, otherwise known as the Rabbit's foot, is a tropical plant that originates from deep Brazilian rainforests. Nowadays, these lovely plants are widely grown indoors! This relatively low-maintenance plant produces bright green leaves with deep green to burgundy patches on their surfaces.

Maranta leuconeura “Kerchoveana”

Maranta leuconeura, widely known as the prayer plant due to its daily sunlight-dependent movements (which are said to resemble hands "in-prayer"), is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae native to the Brazilian tropical forests. [1] Maranta Leuconeura Kerchoveana is an easy-to-grow prayer plant that blends in every corner inside a home. Let's learn some amazing features of this plant. This plant is native to the rainforests of Brazil, where it grows under the thick canopy of trees. It is found mainly in temperate regions.