Hattiesburg, MS (Zone 8b) | October 2012 | positive
My plant given to me by a neighbor upon our move from Beaumont, TX to Raymond MS in 1989(his was growing outside, sheltered, in mostly sh...Read Moreade. I planted outside in MS and it was deciduous in action. After 9 years I returned to BMT, TX and continued to grow outside, again dying back in winter but always returned. Now have returned to MS in 2011, some 100 miles more southerly and is yet with me. Have divided at least 4-5 times to give during this time. Mine is blooming now in mid-late Oct./Nov. and looks great.
Ive had some in a bed next to a pond in mostly shade for about 4 or 5 years now. They die back each November/December and pop back up the...Read More following summer. They tolerated the Central Florida freezes (mid 20's) this past winter.
This was a great little houseplant for me. I was given it in a pot with two other plants, and eventually the philodendron squeezed out t...Read Morehe prayer plant and the other one.
I noticed that if it got direct sunlight, the red and even the pale green of the leaves would fade away. Move it back from the window, and the leaves would regain their beautiful coloration in a couple of weeks.
I acquired my prayer plant in one of those plant gift baskets and have since replanted it in a pot of its own. It is of a different varie...Read Morety than those pictured, with the patches of darker green, rather than the striping. Even though it has flowered and put out new leaves from the existing plant, it has just begun to put new ones out from the root. I received a pleasant surprise when these new leaves had burgundy patches, rather than the dark green. I did nothing different for the plant before the new shoots appeared, although shortly after they started sprouting, I added a plant spike. I don't know what I did to cause this two tone plant, but I am not complaining. It is very enjoyable!
An otherwise healthy "Prayer Plant" in our office was accidently knocked over and several clumps broke off from the root. We have been t...Read Morerying to root these in water; however, they are beginning to wilt and curl.
I have had my Maranta ("Prayer Plant" or "Rabbit's Foot") for about 20 years. The tiny flowers look like little orchids. I pull mi...Read Morene off; always have. I was told the plant will go to seed and die if the flowers were not pulled off. It doesn't hurt it, and maybe helps. I will continue to pull the blossoms stems out.
Mine sits in a cache pot on gravel. I keep it fairly damp, and have never have repotted it. I cut off the old leaves, which can be easily rooted.
My plant given to me by a neighbor upon our move from Beaumont, TX to Raymond MS in 1989(his was growing outside, sheltered, in mostly sh...Read More
Ive had some in a bed next to a pond in mostly shade for about 4 or 5 years now. They die back each November/December and pop back up the...Read More
This was a great little houseplant for me. I was given it in a pot with two other plants, and eventually the philodendron squeezed out t...Read More
I acquired my prayer plant in one of those plant gift baskets and have since replanted it in a pot of its own. It is of a different varie...Read More
An otherwise healthy "Prayer Plant" in our office was accidently knocked over and several clumps broke off from the root. We have been t...Read More
I have had my Maranta ("Prayer Plant" or "Rabbit's Foot") for about 20 years. The tiny flowers look like little orchids. I pull mi...Read More