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Calathea roseopicta (Goeppertia roseopicta)

COMMON NAME

Rose-painted calathea

TYPE

Low Foliage

FAMILY

Marantaceae

NOTES

A clump-forming evergreen perennial growing to 50 cm (20 in), very similar looking to Calathea makoyana. The large rounded leaves are dark green above, red below, marked heavily with cream or pink stripes "painted" along the veins and midriff, with feathered margins.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Northwest Brazil

NATIVE HABITAT

Rainforest

WEB SOURCES

wikipedia.org

missouribotanicalgarden.org



Calathea roseopicta