Indoors
Prayer plant
Maranta leuconeura
- Cat: not toxic
- Dog: not toxic
- Light: half shade
About the plant
The prayer plant comes from the forests of Brazil and grows low, spreading its leaves sideways. In the evening it lifts and folds them as if in prayer, hence the name. Its patterned leaves have red veins, and without humid air their edges turn brown.
Prayer plant and pets
- Cat
- not toxic
- Dog
- not toxic
The ASPCA entry "Prayer plant" is for a calathea (Calathea insignis) of the same family; the maranta is generally considered non-toxic.
Care
- Watering
- about every 4 days in summer (April to September), every 7 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
In the evening it lifts its leaves as if in prayer. It likes humid air and soft water; in full sun the leaves fade.
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.