Botanical names: Calathea loeseneri, Goeppertia loeseneri
Common name: Brazilian Star Calathea
Family: Marantaceae
Origin: Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Hardiness: 50°F
This Brazilian Calathea is one of the very few with showy flowers. The large leaves are quite attractive and they remind of a peacock ginger (Kaempferia). The leaves are light green with a white midrib. The white/pinkish flowers are 3" produced on long stems. The blooms are very showy above the foliage. This is a rarely offered plant. Makes an excellent container plant for shady locations.
In USDA zones below 11, grow as a houseplant or seasonal container specimen.
Similar plants: Calathea loeseneri (Brazilian Star Calathea)
- Calathea altissima (Calathea)
- Calathea lietzei (Calathea)
- Calathea makoyana (Peacock plant)
- Calathea musaica (Network Calathea)
- Calathea orbifolia (Peacock Plant)
- Calathea picturata (Calathea)
- Calathea roseopicta (Calathea)
- Calathea rufibarba (Velvet Calathea)
- Calathea warscewiczii (Calathea)
- Goeppertia insignis (Rattlesnake Plant)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/calathea_loeseneri.htm