Scientific Name: Goeppertia roseopicta ( syn. Calathea roseopicta )
Common Name: rose-painted calathea
Family Name: Marantaceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Mounded
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Leathery, Lustrous, Elliptic, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, White, Blue, Violet, Apr-May
Fruit: Capsule, Brown
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal, most cultivars broadly elliptic, 15-25cm long x 10-15cm wide (some cvs. longer and narrower), dark green with white vein-like patterns with fuzzy transitions.