PlantFiles: Prayer Plant
Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura

My sister has a big prayer plant and she gave me a good size clipping. I followed the same steps as i did with my purple passion except i ended up moving it to the dinning room table away from the sun it seemed to do a lot better it grew some new leaves roots are very slow growing though. When first trying to grow some roots the clipping lost all its leaves except one. I thought for sure it was going to die. i got it back on easter it finally has grown roots big enough to actually plant just a few days ago. At least i hope the roots are big enough. It took 4 months to grow these roots. We shal see how it does now that its planted.

looks fantastic grown up a moss pole, next to the window, out of the direct sun. Softens the room and really brings the colours out on the leaves, about 3' tall now, really happy with it.

This plant has grown quite well indoors in my house for a couple of years and it tolerated a bit of neglect. This past week I turned on my swamp cooler (Tucson is pushing 100 degrees) and I watered the plant too heavily considering the humidity in my house. Now about half of the leaves on the plant are curled up (like "doey's"). I am going to reduce watering and see if taking it out of it's current pot, trimming some of the mushy roots and repotting it will do the trick. I have only myself to blame if it doesn't work! The plant has been a beautiful center piece on my dining table (trailing leaves) and I'd hate to lose it. Please let me know if you have any reccomendations!

sometimes called prayer plant and sold as Maranta tricolour

This is one of my favorite plants. I love the colors and the way the leaves fold up in the evening. I kept it as a houseplant prior to Katrina and it did very well in spite of my occasionally neglect. Unfortunately, when we returned from our month long evacuation it had died from lack of water (we did not flood). But this morning when I visited the garden center across the street from my office, they had two small ones for $5.00 each! I bought both of them, one to keep and one to give to my best friend!

I have a prayer plant and its leaves all curled up and some of the open leaver have brown on the tip of the leaves. I love my plant and I want it to keep growing.

This plant roots from cuttings (nodes). Nice when young but gets messy looking when older because old leaves don't drop off but have to be cut. Will cascade from hanging pot.

What a beauty Maranta 'Erythroneura' is! It brings back a lot of good memories for me, as this was always a part of my stock plants indoors.

I was unaware that I could plant this outside here in Florida, so now I'm really excited!

The Maranta 'prayer plant' is easy to grow if provided with the right conditions. Mine enjoys morning sun to light shade in the afternoon and sprayed with warm water once daily. High humidity is the key to successful blooming. Flowers are borne on long stems, sometimes 4-5 flowers on one stem. They are beautfiul lavendar. Also, the prayer plant dislikes cold soil, so plastic pots are more suitable. Keep moderately moist and out of direct sun. Looks good alone or as groundcover in a grouping. Leaves fold upward at night hence the name prayer plant.