Scientific Name: Goeppertia makoyana ( syn. Calathea makoyana )
Common Name: peacock plant
Family Name: Marantaceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Mounded
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Obovate, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, White, Purple, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep
Key ID Features:
Stems reddish; leaves basal, oval-broadly elliptic, most blades 10-20cm long x 8-15cm wide, cream-like variations and dark green stripes, lower surface pinkish-purple, most petioles 10-20cm long.