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The bottom side of the leaves are purple, with the adaxial surface having what look like dark green alternating large and small leaflets overlaid on the light green leaf. [6] Like other prayer plants, its leaves fold together at night, and unfold again in the morning.
Calathea leaves are often large and colorfully patterned. [3] The leaves are often variegated with bright colors such as pink, orange, red, and white. [4] The underside of their leaves are frequently purple. [4] During the night, the leaves fold up. [3] In the morning, the leaves unfurl in search of the morning sun. [3]
Goeppertia orbifolia is a species of prayer plant sometimes known by its synonym Calathea orbifolia. [1] [2] It is endemic to Brazil, being a typical species of the Atlantic Forest. It is commonly kept as a houseplant in temperate zones for its ornamental leaves. [3] It requires partial shade, humidity, and good drainage to thrive. [4]
Goeppertia makoyana is an evergreen perennial, growing to 45 cm (18 in), with round, pale, glossy green leaves.The upper surfaces of the leaves are marked with dark green blotches along the veins, and the lower surfaces coloured deep purple, with leaf shafts that are very thin.
The long stalks to 30 cm (12 in) carry elliptical leaves 45 cm (18 in) or more long. The leaves are dark green above, dark red below, the spines, veins and margins etched in lime green. Cultivation
It has the synonym Calathea picturata. Goeppertia picturata is native to northwest Brazil. [2] It has been introduced to Colombia, Peru, the Leeward Islands, and the Windward Islands. [3] Goeppertia picturata is a clump-forming evergreen perennial growing to 35–40 cm (14–16 in). The leaves are dark green above, purple below, marked heavily ...
A green leaf is green because of the presence of a pigment known as chlorophyll, which is inside an organelle called a chloroplast. When abundant in the leaf's cells, as during the growing season, the chlorophyll's green color dominates and masks out the colors of any other pigments that may be present in the leaf. Thus, the leaves of summer ...
Goeppertia louisae (syn. Calathea louisae) is a species of plant belonging to the genus Goeppertia, native to Rio de Janeiro state of southeast Brazil but cultivated in other places as an ornamental.