Home > Gift ideas > Plant Gifts > Calathea 'Triostar' + Anthracite Cachepot

Calathea 'Triostar' + Anthracite Cachepot

Back   Return to the list   Next

Buy: Calathea 'Triostar' + Anthracite Cachepot

 

Pictures of:  Calathea 'Triostar' + Anthracite Cachepot

 

Everything about: Calathea 'Triostar' + Anthracite Cachepot

Calathea 'Triostar', Rattlesnake plant - Calathea 'Triostar' (latin)
Pot diameter 12 cm - Indoor plant

Recommended temperature: 12 to 22°C.
Hygrometry: Humid atmosphere.
Soil: Acidic, rich and well drained.
Site: Low light, away from windows.
Geographical origins: South America.


Characteristics and Uses:
The Calathea 'Triostar' has shiny, highly decorative foliage. Its large, lance-shaped leaves are dark green pale green and cream, with purple and pink undersides.


It has very few enemies:

The Calathea needs humidity.
- Place under its pot a saucer filled with clay marbles, which need to stay constantly humid.
- Do not hesitate to spray water on its foliage if the air becomes dry.
- Ideally, place it in a darker room and avoid placing it in direct sunrays.
- Water with moderation, and let the soil getting dry between watering.
- In the spring and the summer, every fortnight, give it a liquid fertilizer especially suited to green plants.
- Expect and foresee an annual repoting, to be done in the spring into a slightly bigger pot.
- After a few years, a surfacing should replace one every other repoting.

Back   Return to the list   Next

 

Your reviews about: Calathea 'Triostar' + Anthracite Cachepot

             >> Write your own review

Pépinières PLANFOR
1950 Route de Cère
40090 UCHACQ - FRANCE
Tel : (020).7660.0178