r/Maranta

I managed to get a video but not as closeup as I would have liked. It was a quick critter and I had to dig around in the soil a bit to find it.

Friend or foe?

This is my newest leaf on my Variegated Rabbit tracks. I have no idea how I was able to get it. Most of my other leaves are mainly green with little splashes of white.

I was checking all my plants this evening and noticed the spiral formed by this Maranta leuconeura leaf that’s just opening. I am always drawn to the spirals that naturally occur in nature. The bright background is a ‘Lemon Lime’ pothos cutting.

Brought my first maranta a week ago, first thing I did was give the leaves a good rinse off however now there appears to be white build up on the edges of a few leaves, Im wondering if its some sort of pest? Not sure what to do about it.

Thank you :)

Not setting my hopes up high, considering how finicky they are said to be. I've managed to keep a pothos and a ZZ plant alive for two years, let's see about this one.

I'm obsessed! The red doubled in size the first month, and I found the lemon lime during another trip to the same garden center! The silver band just came in the mail a couple of days ago from Steve's Leaves! I hope to find a black one someday, haha! THESE PLANTS ARE SO COOL! (And I was never a plant person before...)

This was my very first maranta. She was split off a friends plant back in mid-May and WOW did I think she was a goner for awhile after first potting 😅 her leaves all curled in on themselves and stayed super drooped, as well as at least 3 leaves fully dying 😢 i did a little research, changed her to a slightly smaller/shallower nursery pot, chunkier soil mix, watered with distilled water, and added a little pebble tray underneath her. She finally opened all her leaves back up a couple weeks ago (one leaf is still a little curled on the edges) and now has new growth sprouting!!!! Eeeek! I’m so thrilled.

I’ve since purchased a second prayer plant because I’m just in love with them!! And I actually saw/heard the new plant move last night as she was raising her leaves 😍

I’ve had this maranta since about November but I’m too lazy to look for the original pics. It did okay acclimating to my house, and eventually lost most of its leaves. I said screw it and put it in my south facing window which you “shouldn’t do” with prayer plants. Here’s the results!

Got this girlie at Lidl for what felt like a steal. Put her near a south-facing window and been keeping the soil barely moist. She’s been thriving!