Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura was tricking me back in January when I thought it was for some reason sending out aerial roots. Nope--it was an aerial offset to complement the below-ground offset you can see in the foreground. Clearly the plant expects to grow low to the ground--you can see how the offset goes down, curving back up to emerge from the soil a bit away from the mother plant. Or, the offset would emerge from the soil like it's big brother here if it weren't aerial.
I don't mind that it's aerial--actually, I like it better because of that! Oh M. leuconeura, you treat me right!
Now, me treating it right...? I'm hoping those white patches are just water spots. I started using tap water--I have too many plants to use filtered water (it takes way too long to filter).
Maranta Keeps Doing Fun Things
Cool plant. I've killed one of these and at the time I didn't care but now I wish I hadn't killed it.
ReplyDeleteThey're easy enough to find--I'm sure you'll run across another soon!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love offsets! Free plants!
ReplyDeleteExactly, Erin! Any plant that offsets this readily gets, like, 50 extra points in my book of awesomeness.
ReplyDeleteNice prayer plant! I really I really like it, I was wondering if you can mail me a cutting and in return I can mail you a wandering jew cutting. Please I hope to get one as I've wanted one for almost a year. You can also email me at simonbetta13@gmail.com thanks!
ReplyDeleteSorry, dynamicgardening, this plant is well gone from my garden. All of my plants were given away in early 2011--the ones I kept were destroyed by the USDA when I returned to the US without proper documentation for my plants. This is a very common plant, so I'm sure you'll see it around! You might have better luck finding it at a florist or grocery store than, say, a garden centre or home hardware store.
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