#Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoveana' variegata

[locallostsoul]

Here's another one sparking a lot of joy: Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoveana' variegata 🌿

I got this one together with the Burle Marx variegata, I was struggling to decide which one to buy and the shop owner gave me a small discount for both as a bundle 🥺

Did you know the new leaves of these plants are water-repellent?

[prayerplanthoarder]

Not the best pics, but I found 2 plants that have been on my wishlist for quite a while and just had to adopt them. Epipremnum Cebu Blue and Maranta Silver Band! ❤️❤️ I'm SO over the moon to finally have these two!! The color of the Cebu Blue really is unique and very beautiful, there's something about seeing it irl that photos can't quite capture. All the Silver Bands they had there kinda looked not their best, but I went for the one that looked the strongest and it happened to be the biggest one also. Looking forward to seeing this improving over time! At least I hope it does! It's not like this is completely shit quality or anything, but it looks a little bit worn and muddy and I hope it'll like it's new home and thrive so it can look it's best in the future! Like the Maranta the Cebus all looked a little bit strained too and I chose the one that appeared healthiest to me.

And then there was this little piece of a succulent in our cart and I while I'm not too big on succulents I just couldn't leave it there to die. I thought it would maybe have a chance to root in my larger Crassula ovata pot, and now it turns out the little one is a Crassula rupestris?! That must've been fate 😂😂👌 Keeping my fingers crossed it'll settle in nicely and thrive in a shared pot with it's cousins!

Edit: Also look at the incredible variegation this Maranta kerchoveana is bringing on! I think this is exceptionally beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ Didn't really pay attention to this corner for a while and once I do look it's developed into this utter beauty?? Now it definitely has my attention lol!

[pl-antics]

Catching some morning sun ☀️

[talkingtomyhouseplants]

Maranta Leuconeura Kerchoveana 'Variegata' (Prayer Plant Beauty Kim)

This baby had grown a lot since I got him. He loves being part of my second floor shelves and having a big family of plants together.

His clay pot has accumulated calcium and other minerals found in tap water and fertilizer. This is common because clay is porous, this doesn't not affected the plants.

You can clean them or not. That's a personal choice. 😎🪴💚

[plantanarchy]

Maranta leuconeura kerchoveana variegata

She actually looks better than I thought this winter, especially considering she had a nasty mealy issue this fall and then I am extremely inconsistent about watering her properly.

[filippmelaj]

🪴Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana Variegata🪴 Beautiful variegated maranta 😍 
Care:
• Bright indirect light 💡 
• Water frequently when the top soil is dry 💦 
• Prefers higher humidity 🌫 
• Very light and airy soil 🪴
• Can be propagated by cuttings or division ✂️ #caretips #plants #plantsofinstagram #marantaleuconeurakerchoviana #marantavariegata #plantsmakepeoplehappy #houseplants #czechboy #czechuniversityoflifesciences #tropics (v místě Prague, Czech Republic)


[kevinscottgardens]

4 through 8 February 2019

It’s been a busy week in the garden. We are getting back to normal after the Heralding Spring event. I finally had an opportunity to try our new caterers and their food is delicious.

Medicinal plants will be done every fortnight going forward...so next week there should be a new one.

We have a new intern for three weeks, Harriet. She’s been a great help and a nice boost to the team.

I am still working through all the interpretation in the garden, though an end is nigh, thankfully. I started replacing a few raised beds in the pharmaceuticals area. That should be finished next week. I commenced work on the Galanthus collection in the garden. I drew up some quick planting plans, in the rain, so we know where we think they are now. I will look at dividing, moving and expanding the collection. 

Plant ident on beautiful leaf patterns by Franziska Stampfli:

Acanthaceae Ruellia portellae

Boraginacae Pulmonaria officinalis

Euphorbiaceae Codiaeum variegatum ‘Petra’

Geraniaceae Pelargonium elongatum

Malvaceae Lavatera arborea ‘Variegata’

Marantaceae Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana

Piperaceae Piper ornatum

Primulaceae Cyclamen hederifolium

Rutaceae Citrus x limon ‘Variegata’

Xanthorrhoeaceae Gasteria croucheri

I enjoyed a busy social week: Raphael was visiting from Munich, Pasquale was in town from Florence, Denis invited me to see Káťa Kabanová (an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáčekat) the Royal Opera House Wednesday, and Thursday I caught up with my colleague Robert after work.

Thursday there was a one-day-only art exhibition in the garden, done by art students. This was my favourite, three different views through three differently shaped viewfinders. This was my favourite view, at that moment. I would love to see how that would change through the year with the plants.

Plant of the week

Lamiaceae Marrubium vulgare L.

common name(s) - white horehound, horehound, hound's bane, marrube, marvel, maw-roll synonym(s) - Marrubium album Garsault [Invalid]; M. apulum Ten.; M. ballotoides Boiss. & Balansa; M. germanicum Schrank ex Steud.; M. hamatum Kunth; M. uncinatum Stokes; M. vaillantii Coss. & Germ.; M. vulgare subsp. apulum (Ten.) H.Lindb.; M. v. var. apulum (Ten.) K.Koch; M. v. var. caucasicum K.Koch; M. v. var. gossypinum Nábelek; M. v. var. lanatum Benth.; M. v. var. microphyllum Baguet; M. v. var. oligodon Rech.f.; Prasium marrubium E.H.L.Krause [Illegitimate] conservation rating - Near Threatened native to - North Africa, Europe and western Asia location - perfumery, accession _____ leaves - oppositely-arranged densely covered in woolly hairs; lower leaves have longer petioles than the upper ones; egg-shaped or almost rounded in outline and crinkly in appearance; bluntly toothed margins and a rounded tip flowers - white tubular flowers borne in dense clusters in the axils of the upper leaves; two-lipped, the upper lip being divided into two lobes and the lower into three lobes; surrounded by a persistent green calyx tube of fused sepals with ten narrow teeth; fruit contains four seeds or nutlets enclosed in the old flower calyx, which has ten backward-curved teeth or spines habit - upright or spreading, evergreen perennial, much-branched herb with stems square in cross-section, up to about 600mm tall, more or less covered in woolly interwoven hairs habitat - waste places, roadsides pests - leafhoppers disease - none found hardiness - to -10ºC (H4) soil - poor, dry soil, well-drained, neutral to alkaline sun - full sun propagation - seed, basal cuttings in late spring, division in spring pruning - if cut back after flowering, it will normally produce a second crop of leaves nomenclature - Lamiaceae - gullet, λαιμος the name in Pliny refers to the gaping mouth of the corolla (Lamiaceae = Labiatae); Marrubium - the name in Pliny, either from the Hebrew, marrob, for the biter-juice, or derived from Marrubium or Maria urbs, an ancient town of Italy; vulgare - usual, of the crowd, common, vulgar NB - tends to invade land that has been disturbed, overgrazed or previously grazed by sheep in the Americas and Oceana and; is used as a natural grasshopper repellent in agriculture; is used to make hard lozenge candies; also used in beverages, brewed and made into Horehound Ale, an appetizing and healthful beverage, much drunk in Norfolk and other country districts, also steeped as tea (similar to the Maghrebi mint tea), and in the rock and rye cocktail; considered by folk medicine to aid digestion, soothe sore throats, and relieve inflammation; mentioned in conjunction with medicinal use dating at least back to the 1st century BC, where it appeared as a remedy for respiratory ailments in the treatise De Medicina by Roman encyclopaedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus who lists it as a remedy for expelling worms in farm animals in his important first-century work On Agriculture; has appeared for similar purposes in numerous herbals over the centuries, such as The Herball, or, Generall historie of plantes by John Gerard, and Every Man His Own Doctor: or, The Poor Planter’s Physician by Dr. John Tennent.

References, bibliography:

CABI [online] https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/119607 [8 Feb 19]

Gledhill, David, (2008) The Names of Plants, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203247/2762568 [8 Feb 19]

Plant List, The [online] http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-120952 [8 Feb 19]

Plants for a Future [online] https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=marrubium+vulgare [8 Feb 19]

Shoot Gardening [online] https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/marrubium-vulgare [8 Feb 19]

Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrubium_vulgare [8 Feb 19]

[prayerplanthoarder]

Accidently deleted my comment and I don't feel like typing all of it again, so the short version is: we're still battling thrips, but I'm getting the hang of it (predatory mites and systemic neem oil plus regular removal of them with running water). Also many of my plants are beyond happy that I've started fertilizing more regularly and are treating me with lots and lots of new growth! Yay! 🥰❤️

Aside from that I'm getting two new plants soon: a maranta that was on my wishlist for ages and a calathea that I didn't even know existed until I saw it in the shop. Will be interesting to see them in person at the end of the week! 😍

[prayerplanthoarder]

Everyone grows so beautifully 💚💚💚

I'm really impressed with the marantas, I didn't expect them to take off so much right from the start. Especially the lemon lime, it arrived with 7,5 leaves 3 weeks ago and is at 10,5 leaves right now, which is just crazy. The variegated and regular kerchoveanas are really putting in some hard work too! The rhaphi cuttings are busy rooting in water now, as there were things growing in the moss that I didn't like and some cuttings were starting to rot in leca. Water so far works beautifully, though. The ZZ Raven hasn't been growing yet for me, so I decided to move it to a slightly brighter location. We'll see if that changes anything.

Not pictured here, but still updates:

Next week I'm going to plant the pothos cuttings into soil (if I get to it, but it should be quick work). Then I changed my maiden hair fern from inside the shelf to the outside in a makramee hanger, because it started to look funny and obviously wanted a little bit more light than what reached into the shelf from the north facing window. Not sure if it won't block too much light for the plants still inside the shelf (it has LARGE beautiful fronds!), maybe I'll have to figure something out for them later if it doesn't work for them. I'd put a grow light there, but there's no electricity anywhere near, so that'd be a real challenge. 😅 Anyway, the N'Joy pothos that had been in that makramee hanger now lives on the stand with the other pothos. There should be enough light for it, hopefully not too much (it's near a south facing window), but we'll see how it likes that place.

[pl-antics]

Got a maranta leuconeura kerchoveana variegata! Could not resist, thought the leaves looked so celestial. This is my first prayer plant, I know humidity is a must, but does anyone have any more advice on how to keep this guy happy and thriving?

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12/23/2020

[prayerplanthoarder]

Plant list

A list of all the different plants I currently own or have owned in the past couple of years.

Current count (Oct ‘23): 45 different species/ cultivars

Adiantum raddianum https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/adiantum

Aloe aristata ‘Cosmo’

Calathea bicajoux 'Gecko' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20bicajoux%20gecko Calathea 'Freddie' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20freddie Calathea lancifolia Calathea leopardina https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20leopardina Calathea lietzei https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20lietzei Calathea lietzei 'Fusion White' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20fusion%20white Calathea louisae 'Maui Queen' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20maui%20queen Calathea louisae ‘Misto’ Calathea louisae ‘Thai Beauty’ https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20thai%20beauty Calathea makoyana https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20makoyana Calathea musaica 'Network' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20musaica%20network Calathea picturata https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20picturata Calathea picturata crimson OR roseopicta rosy https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/calathea%20picturata%20crimson Calathea rufibarba Calathea warscewiczii Calathe White Star Calathea zebrina

Callisia repens ‘Bianca‘

Carmona microphylla

Ceropegia woodii https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/ceropegia%20woodii

Chlorophytum comosum 'vittatum' Chlorophytum comosum 'Ocean'

Cordyline terminalis 'Firebrand'? Cordyline terminalis 'Kiwi'?

Codiaeum variegatum 'Curley Boy'

Coffea arabica

Crassula ovata

Ctenanthe burle-marxii https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/ctenanthe%20burle%20marxii Ctenanthe burle-marxii 'Amagris' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/ctenanthe%20burle%20marxii%20amagris Ctenanthe lubbersiana/ pilosa 'Golden Mosaic' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/ctenanthe%20golden%20mosaic

Dendrobium ‘Berry Oda‘

Disocactus ackermannii

Dracaena fragrans 'compacta' Dracaena fragrans 'Golden Coast' Dracaena fragrans 'Jade Jewel' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/dracaena-fragrans%20jade%20jewel Dracaena fragrans 'Lemon lime' Dracaena fragrans 'Malaika’

Dracaena sanderiana ‘??’ (a variegated one)

Epipremnum aureum 'Golden' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/golden%20pothos Epipremnum aureum ‘Pearls & Jade’ https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/pearls%20and%20jade%20pothos Epipremnum aureum ‘Manjula’ https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/epipremnum%20manjula Epipremnum aureum 'Marble Queen' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/epipremnum%20marble%20queen Epipremnum aureum 'Neon' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/neon%20pothos Epipremnum aureum 'N'Joy' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/epipremnum%20n%27-joy Epipremnum aureum 'Global Green' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/global%20green%20pothos Epipremnum aureum 'Glacier' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/glacier%20pothos Epipremnum aureum 'Jade' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/jade%20pothos

Epipremnum pinnatum ‘variegata‘ https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/epipremnum%20pinnatum%20variegata

Fatshedera lizei 'Annemieke' ('aurea maculata')

Ficus benjamina (the regular green one - only kept the one with a white sport) https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/ficus%20benjamina Ficus benjamina 'Anastasia' Ficus benjamina 'Danielle' Ficus benjamina 'Natasja' Ficus benjamina 'Kinky' Ficus benjamina ‘Twilight‘ or ‘Starlight‘ https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/ficus%20benjamina%20twilight

Ficus elastica 'Tineke' Ficus elastica 'Burgundy'

Hedera helix 'Variegata'

Hibiscus rosa sinensis Hibiscus rosa sinensis 'variegata'

Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/maranta%20leuconeura%20var%20kerchoveana Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana variegata https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/maranta%20leuconeura%20var%20kerchoveana%20variegata Maranta leuconeura 'Lemon Lime' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/maranta%20leuconeura%20lemon%20lime

Monstera adansonii Monstera deliciosa Monstera deliciosa ‘Albo variegata’ https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/monstera%20albo

Peperomia caperata 'Rosso' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/peperomia%20caperata%20rosso Peperomia caperata 'Napoli Nights'

Phalaenopsis (a mini one)

Philodendron erubescens 'Pink Princess' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/philodendron%20pink%20princess Philodendron erubescens 'White Princess' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/philodendron%20white%20princess

Philodendron hastatum https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/philodendron%20hastatum

Philodendron hederaceum 'Micans' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/philodedendron%20micans

Phlebodium aureum

Pilea cadierei 'minima' Pilea peperomioides

Polystichum sus-simense

Rhaphidophora tetrasperma https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/rhaphidophora%20tetrasperma

Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Black Prince' Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Campfire' ?? Solenostemon scutellarioides 'FlameThrower™ Chili Pepper' ? Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘5th Avenue’/ 'Chocolate Covered Cherry'/ ... ?? Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Wizard Mosaic' Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Electric Lime'

Stromanthe thalia https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/stromanthe%20thalia Stromanthe thalia 'Triostar' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/stromanthe%20sanguinea%20triostar

Syngonium erythrophyllum https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/syngonium%20erythrophyllum

Syngonium podophyllum 'Albo variegata' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/syngonium-albo

Tradescantia zebrina Tradescantia zebrina 'purpusii'

Zamioculcas zamiifolia https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/zz%20plant Zamioculcas zamiifolia 'Raven' https://prayerplanthoarder.tumblr.com/tagged/zz%20plant%20raven

[plantanarchy]

Maranta leuconeura kerchoveana variegata - June 2019

This plant got a repot a few weeks ago and is already putting out new growth. Wild that just six months ago it was a handful of cuttings!

[plantanarchy]

Maranta leuconeura kerchoveana variegata

This plant pushed out a few leaves while I was gone! The one has a big white splotch that I love. The white tends to fade yellow at first and then get more solid white as the rest of the leaf grows and colors up. I was worried it wouldn't produce leaves as splotched with white as the original leaves on the plant because I have it in decently low light but nope! Maranta are superior to Calathea in every way