Calathea ‘Assorted’

When Calathea is grown as a house plant it sometimes goes by the name Peacock Plant, Zebra Plant or Rattlesnake Plant because of its leaf markings, but it’s much more common to stick to its latin name of Calathea.

Occasionally you may find it labeled as “Prayer Plant” but this is probably a mislabel as the “Prayer Plant” is strictly a Maranta and therefore belongs in the Marantaceae family. Although (and we promise it won’t get any more complicated than this) the Marantaceae family also includes the Calathea genus, so basically the plants are both closely related, they look very similar and essentially have the same care requirements.