| Scientific Name: | Ctenanthe sp. |
| Common Name: | never never plant |
| Family Name: | Marantaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Oblong, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Red, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, blades lanceolate to oblong to obovate, most 20-30cm long x 3-10cm wide, base rounded, major veins run parallel off midrib, margin entire, of most cultivars with bold variegation with V- shaped patterns, many with dark-red undersides, most petioles 10-30cm long. | |