Indoors
Calathea
Goeppertia (Calathea)
- Cat: not toxic
- Dog: not toxic
- Light: half shade
About the plant
The calathea comes from the forests of tropical America, mostly Brazil. Its patterned leaves rise and fold up in the evening and open again in the morning. It likes humid air and soft water; dry air browns the leaf edges.
Calathea and pets
- Cat
- not toxic
- Dog
- not toxic
Care
- Watering
- about every 5 days in summer (April to September), every 8 in winter
- Light
- half shade
- Air humidity
- high
- Temperature
- 18–27 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
It likes humid air and soft, settled water. In the evening it folds its leaves up.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.