29 Types of Exotic Flowers
Calathea
Calatheas are often given as houseplants due to their broad, showy green leaves. These leaves are most often striped, but can also feature flame patterns or colored edging. They open wide in the sunlight, but then softly close again at night. The calathea is used to symbolize new beginnings, and they’re a wonderful housewarming gift.
It’s even thought that this plant may be where the phrase “turn over a new leaf” came from, referring to the way they open and close. They are also sometimes called prayer plants as the leaves look a bit like hands folded in prayer when they close at night.
In addition to these spectacular leaves, the calathea also produces delicate tropical blooms. The flowers tend to be either blue and white or purple and white, and form in varying shapes from a rounded beehive to the shape of a rattlesnake tail.
Calatheas are often given as houseplants due to their broad, showy green leaves. These leaves are most often striped, but can also feature flame patterns or colored edging. They open wide in the sunlight, but then softly close again at night. The calathea is used to symbolize new beginnings, and they’re a wonderful housewarming gift.
It’s even thought that this plant may be where the phrase “turn over a new leaf” came from, referring to the way they open and close. They are also sometimes called prayer plants as the leaves look a bit like hands folded in prayer when they close at night.
In addition to these spectacular leaves, the calathea also produces delicate tropical blooms. The flowers tend to be either blue and white or purple and white, and form in varying shapes from a rounded beehive to the shape of a rattlesnake tail.
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23 February 2022
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