Marantha Elliptica Vittata - Calathea Elliptica Vittata Garden Decor east or west facing windows

east or west facing windows are preferable to a north facing window

Use phosphorus-rich fertilizers to encourage abundant flowering

Q: Does it bloom all year

all year long

Marantha Elliptica Vittata - Calathea Elliptica Vittata Garden Decor east or west facing windowsMarantha Elliptica Vittata Calathea Elliptica Vittata The Maranta genus includes a few dozen low growing plants native to the American tropics. Maranta have some of the most beautiful, most decorative leaves in the plant kingdom. The popular M. tricolor has deep green, velvety leaves with yellow splotches down the midrib and arching red veins traveling to the leaf margins. They are fairly common as houseplants, but not necessarily easy to keep growing