marantamaranta
genusgenusTropical understory plants known for their striking ornamental foliage that features intricate patterns and colorful markings. Their leaves perform a unique daily movement, raising and lowering between day and night in a behavior that resembles prayer.
Etymology
The genus was named after Bartolomeo Maranta, a 16th-century Italian physician and botanist who studied medicinal plants and wrote several influential botanical texts.
Interesting fact!
The leaves' distinctive up-and-down movement, known as nyctinasty, helps the plant protect itself from temperature changes and manage water collection.
All species of Maranta
maranta cristata
Bicolor, Crested prayer plant, Intense.
maranta leuconeura
Prayer plant, Kerchoveana, Herringbone.
maranta leuconeura 'lemon lime'
Marisela, Maricella.
maranta leuconeura 'light veins'
Momafan.
maranta leuconeura 'silver band'
Momagrey.
maranta leuconeura 'kerchoveana variegata'
Variegated, Beauty Kim.
maranta leuconeura 'fascinator'
Erythroneura.
maranta leuconeura 'black'
Massangeana.
maranta arundinacea
Arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot, St. Vincent arrowroot.
maranta arundinacea 'variegata'
Variegated.
maranta friedrichsthaliana
Fishbone prayer plant, Mini prayer plant, Friedrichsthallana.
maranta 'cat moustache'
NoID, Kitty Whiskers, Momadark.
maranta gibba
Gibba prayer plant, Chubby prayer plant, Domed maranta.