| Life form | Herbaceous |
| Family | Marantaceae |
| Origin | Brazil |
| Ease of cultivation | The Maranta plant is fairly easy to grow. |
| The size | Not a very large plant up to 20-30 cm in height and up to 60 cm in width. |
| Growth rate | 5-6 new leaves per year. |
| Lifespan | Perennial plant, however, every 3 years it is good to multiply it. |
| Temperature | In summer: 60,8-75,2 ° F, higher temperatures require high humidity. In winter, if not watered, can withstand a temperature of 50 ° F, but it is better to maintain a temperature of about 60,8 ° F. |
| Humidity | Not less than 60%. In summer and winter, spray at least 3 times a week, and preferably every day with soft water, the pot must be placed in a tray with wet pebbles. |
| Lighting | Light moderate indirect, penumbra, it is better to put in 2 m from a bright window. With excessive light, the leaves twist, their color fades. |
| The soil | The soil must be breathable, sand or perlite with peat should be added if it is too dense. For a mixture of own preparation, take: 3 pieces of garden soil, 1.5 parts of peat, 1 part of sand. You can add a conifer earth, crushed charcoal, dry mullein. For young plants it is better to use 1 part of leaf land, 1 part humus earth, 1 part coarse-grained sand or perlite and 1 part peat. |
| Watering | The soil should be constantly wet, in summer it should be watered 2-3 times a week. Use warm soft water. In winter, watering is limited to 1 time per week, the soil must dry between two waterings. |
| Fertilizer | During the growing season, every 10-15 days with liquid fertilizer, diluted twofold. |
| Reproduction | Late spring division by transplantation, trying not to damage the roots of the plant. It is possible to propagate by cuttings, which are obtained from short shoots. Cuttings root in moist sand at a temperature of 68-77 ° F, deepening by 4-6 cm. Rooting lasts about a month. |
| Bloom | Blooms in the summer with white, nondescript small flowers in spikelets. |
| Transfer | In February and March, young plants are transplanted each year, the pot should be shallow, so. In the future, transplanted every 2-4 years, as soon as the roots appear from the drainage hole. |
| Features of care | The plant’s leaves are formed on the night. In summer, the plant can be taken out to the garden or to the balcony, but it should be protected from the wind. The plant does not like drafts and gas combustion products. Completely dried leaves should be removed in a timely manner. If very sprouting shoots are formed, they should be removed. Wipe the leaves with either a soft dry cloth or a brush, since they are easily damaged. |
| Difficulties | When the air is dry, the tips of the leaves turn brown, the leaves may fall off. In case of excessive lighting, they can temporarily twist (they take a normal shape, if the plant is immediately moved away from the light), lose color and dry up. The stems become sluggish and wither with excessive soil moisture. The leaves are covered with dark spots and twisted from insufficient watering. Leaves can also dry from the cold. Affected spider mites, aphids, whitefly, scale insects and thrips. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | – |
