Calathea crocata

Common name: Galatea

Description of the plant: oblong or ovate-elliptic with dark green top, while the bottom is red Bordeaux leaves. Inflorescence over a longer escape the leaves. Flowers bright orange.

Flowering: from spring to summer.

Brightness: You must be in a situation rather in the shade. Requires warm.

Watering: ideal for lovers of irrigation plant. Substrate always moist but not waterlogged. Watering every 2 or 3 days in summer; every 5 days in winter.