Maranta leuconeura
Banded Arrowroot, Prayer Plant, Rabbit's-foot, Herring-bone Plant, Ten Commandments, Prayerplant, Ten-commandments
Description
Maranta leuconera or Tricolor is one of the few climbing or sarmentose marigolds.
A rhizomatous perennial plant, it has persistent decorative foliage that changes in intensity depending on the position in which it is kept indoors; with little or no light the variegation almost disappears.
It prefers a temperate and preferably humid climate. It is not afraid of environmental changes but does not tolerate draughts.
It can also be grown on mossy supports, which must be kept moist, or even in water as a hydroponic culture.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Zingiberales
- Family
- Marantaceae
- Genus
- Maranta
- Species
- Maranta leuconeura
