My 15 Calathea, Maranta, Prayer Plant, Ctenanthe Collection - plus Care tips

[@turogers13]

I actually talk to them and when they first arrived I was laughing with joy in my kitchen so much that my husband came in to see what I was doing! 😆 😁

[@plantheartbeats]

Lol! You definitely love plants! I definitely understand the “plant heartbeats!” 😍🪴

[@NaTyra6411]

Great video! Calathea will lose their dark back to the leaves when they are getting too much light. The dark back is meant to absorb more light in their natural low light environment. So when they are getting too much light they stop producing the dark back. Just move them back from the light some and you'll get those dark leaves again soon 😊 Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful plants!

[@plantheartbeats]

Great info! Thanks!

[@VeryKinkyCurl]

Nice advice! Thanks!

[@neelupangeijam8464]

Wow! Hats off to you for keeping so many prayer plants alive, bought many, many a times but couldn't find the secret to keep them alive till now. Sending love from India

[@mayarada2059]

Your Calathea collection house plants they all very gorgeous and very healthy, enjoy and see you later.

[@plantheartbeats]

Thank you!! 😊💚😊💚

[@wasistinibarnhart1198]

Thanks for the humidity remarks. Now I can estimate the humidity they need at my house.

[@plantsrforever4150]

Can we just admire this ladies PERFECT collection of calathea 💖🤩 wowwww!! She is a perfect plant mom goals 😅😂💯

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks!! 😍💚💚💚🌱🪴

[@plantsrforever4150]

@@plantheartbeats yw!

[@madmadame1508]

I started with the Lancifolia (Rattlesnake) it was so easy going, lots of new growth very chill. I have a cat so when I found out the genus was pet safe I decided to get four more. Little did I know their reputation for being fussy. My Orbifolia and Ornata did not enjoy transport and started to get crispy immediately, my Majestica Whitestar randomly decides to get crispy. Now I have them clustered around an oil diffuser (without oil) working as a humidifier and we're on better terms. Including new growth from everyone. The only one that hasn't been a problem is the Burle Marx and I highly recommend that one. Calatheas are wonderful, but you have to learn to speak their language.

[@plantheartbeats]

So true! “You have to learn to speak their language”! I love it!👍🪴

[@christinak9587]

OMG they're so dramatic LOL!

[@debrawarrick2911]

Beautiful collection! 😍 I've been equally blessed when it comes to prayer plant care and have great success with them in lower than ideal humidity and artificial lighting. They do, AMAZING in the interior of my home under regular old light bulbs. Pushing new growth constantly. Thank u for the reminder about wet leaves when it comes to the trio star.

[@RonnaJaneBullard]

My son just bought a Prayer Plant like the first one that you showed us!! I mentioned you when I saw the plant that he bought & that it looked like that plant lady’s plants , because I had your $1 Tree video playing on the tv a few weeks ago!! Which led me to more of your videos & I definitely recognized your plants!! Thank you for the info!! 💝🌿

[@beca9194]

Probably your prayer plants are the most chill ever! Other people use humidifier for their prayer plants. As someone who lives in tropical country, sometimes I'm still struggling with humidity too. I'm not even stressed about brown tips anymore since it always happen lol but yours are amazing. The grey star and the beauty star are my next wishlish calathea! Really wanna know how your beauty star is doing right now 😁 my zebrina once lost its purple back too because it was exposed by too much sunlight so the spot was simply too bright for it. I decided to chop it, started all over again, put it in a shaded area alongside other pot propagations and now the purple are back and the leaves are huge! Love from Indonesia ❤️

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks

[@juliehelbig8311]

That's triostar so beautiful I would love to find one of those up here

[@peggydove8756]

Thank you for this video, great information and your plants are beautiful!

[@plantsrforever4150]

I love this channel and this lady! I’m glad i recently found this channel I’m just saying 🤩💪🏻👍🏻💖

[@tracyanne2617]

Haha I do the same thing you do when you water a plant. We get dirty...always. Lol. 😂

[@ellenhaben1217]

Beautiful plants; well taken care of!💚

[@cindyowens1940]

Great info. I happily just subscribed to your channel. 😊

[@plantheartbeats]

Thank you!!! 😊😊😊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻appreciate you support!!! 💚💚💚

[@Meryyyh]

Have been waiting for this!! Thank you so much for posting!

[@maeclark6484]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful Calathea and prayer plants! I have always had the rabbit track prayer plants but have recently purchased different calathea varieties and I love them and now I am addicted to them and my husband just shakes his head when my plants arrive!😜 Thank you again for sharing because I was able to get some pointers and confirmations from your video! Keep sharing and God bless!!💕❤💕

[@plantheartbeats]

Enjoy all your pretty calatheas!💚👍

[@allisoncoq7632]

Dommage je comprends pas l'anglais 😢 j'aurais bien besoin d'explication 🙏🤞

[@noahlipham6252]

I like your energy!

[@plantheartbeats]

Thank you!! 😊😊😊💚💚💚

[@saraialegria]

I enjoy watching your tips and experience. I also like that you sorta talk with your hands 😊✋🏽

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks! 🙌 🪴💚😆

[@barbarajustice9499]

Enjoyed your video very much you have a beautiful collection you gave very good advice and explained things very well thank you very much for the info

[@ameliamorales891]

I love your videos ❤️ I agree with you about the cattlesnake they are so easy. Mine are growing on soil under my mangoe tree. Also I got at Lowes the Calathea rabbit simple and variegated both in the same pot for 4 o 5 bucks ! Great deal ! I put in all my pots a single layer of gravel to avoid compacting the drainage hole but I use the same poking the soil above with my fingers ( I always misplaced my toothpicks ) 😊

[@karenjones7770]

New subscriber! It was a pleasure hearing about your plants. You are very patient if you care for these kinds of plants. I have the Stromanthe and a few Calatheas. I'm learning to pay attention to them. You are a good mama!

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks! 😊💚💚💚

[@aniliname]

I've found - like you - that they like a lot of humidity but not necessarily to the leaves.* I think the main thing is to keep the roots humid and this is why they can never dry out. However, they need a lot of aeration, too, and the trick is maintaining that balance. I've been experimenting a bit with them and have had quite a bit of luck with the combination of potting them in Lechuza pon and self-watering pots (filled with distilled water). They become super low maintenance when you don't have to water them regularly or spray them. I have super low humidity and never run a humidifier. And I don't have to worry about checking them constantly to make sure they're moist (but not compacted). I know pon isn't the easiest to come by in some places, but it's made my life so much easier when it comes to tricky plants. The stones hold a lot of air while holding moisture, so it creates that tricky balance and makes overwatering nearly impossible. Aroids and hoyas love it, too, but I don't have them in self-watering, but just pot and water them normally as if it was soil. Hope that helps.

[@lisabromeliads8150]

Is that leca balls your referring too?

[@aniliname]

@@lisabromeliads8150 No, it's a similar semi-hydro mix, but I've found it a lot easier for plants to adapt to (most of them need no adaptation at all). It's a mix of small pieces of volcanic rock, pumice, and zeolite. I think the stuff's amazing and I've been surprised by how many of my trickier plants became much easier to take care of after converting them to pon. It's not super widely available, though.

[@sharonholmes4444]

💚 Amazing how you keep these so healthy! Could you someday make a video on Alocacia's? I've had 2 and sudden death both within 2weeks 😭 It looked like wet ink spots and developed a halo 😇 around the spots and then just dried up. I was so sad cause they're such stunning plants!

[@123astbury]

It was mentioned in the video but I'd like to focus on it again. These plants really struggle with chemicals in tap water. If you feel you are giving your plant the perfect environment but the leaf tips are still getting dry and crispy, try rain, filtered or distilled water.

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks for the highlight! I keep thinking I want to catch some rain water to use in my plants but haven’t yet! Will do!

[@mspurefunk5]

I actually have been going mine rainwater but some came with brown tips so Im not sure whats going on BUT I do just use tap water in my humidifier so I wonder if that could be an issue?

[@philipboy6710]

@@plantheartbeats mixing distilled with tap water and let it stand a bit should be enough. Or just use distilled, but don't forget fertilizing then ;)

[@christinak9587]

Yes to filtered water! I just use water from my Brita and all of mine are doing great. I have 5, and during the winter, I sit them on top of trays of pebbles and water to raise the humidity a bit. I also use predatory mites. I started with Calatheas and had no idea what I was getting into. Obviously didn't do my research as a new plant Mom at the time. It's been a lot of "Oh wtf is wrong with you now?!" LOL!! They're so dramatic.

[@viren1929]

They are absolutely beautiful.. 😍

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks!!!

[@countrygirl4422]

Mealy bugs will stunt the growth it may get better when you get rid of the pests. It may not be a hard plant to grow at all. I'd check the other's for mealy bugs save yourself from a dead or badly infested plant. Zebrina are the difficult ones.

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks for letting us know! 😊💚😊💚😊

[@Sophia1991sd]

great video. for me zebrina, white fusion and medallion are the most difficult ones but strangely my dotti is doing really well eventhough it's not in high humidity and I sometimes forget to water it in time. most of my calatheas hate neem oil and it burns their leaves. I have to wipe leaves down regularly to prevent spider mites because when they get spider mites, any treatment burns their leaves. and even when calatheas loose all their leaves if roots and rysomes are healthy they come back. and the leaves they produce in my house are more resilient and tolerate low humidity easier

[@plantheartbeats]

Great information, thanks for sharing.💚

[@jasmine.f3917]

I don't have lots of money to spare, so I usually like to take the smaller plants as they are cheaper and I can watch them grow and marvel at how big they get over time 😊

[@plantheartbeats]

That’s true! You definetly create a bond with plants you have seen grow! Wonderful!👍🪴💚

[@joanneklaus9242]

Agree, I like them small to save space so I can get a few more. Sometimes the big ones grow too fast, turn into monsters, and can be overwhelming.😅

[@stylewithlaurieburley3707]

Beautiful! I have two. I just got the never never plant because yours is so nice. I’m ready to try another. Thanks for the video. 💜

[@jonatancasado7462]

Love it!!

[@FarmerGarden]

Amazing good work🤗🌷🌱❤

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks so much!!

[@theplantypants2461]

Thank you for this video!! They are all SO GORGEOUS!! I LOVEEE Calatheas, and now that my humidifier should be coming in from Amazon annny day... I've got Calathea fever again! lol I just bought a never never plant, and I'm sooooo intimidated by it!! and I love it SOOO MUCH!! I'm itching for that humidifier haha! I adore your channel, and after a crazy day with my kids I get so excited when I get a notification that you made a new video. I get so excited to watch it with a glass of wine at night!

[@leksukijo]

Im calatheas lovers n now i have 55 species

[@plantheartbeats]

Wow!!! 55 species?!!! I would love to see you post a video of your collection! Any care tips you want to share with us?! 🪴💚😀

[@leksukijo]

@@plantheartbeats okey.. but i dont speak english well 😅

[@lisabromeliads8150]

U must be very knowledgeable on this subject! Would love 2 see you do a video with help with the language PLEASE??!!

[@VeryKinkyCurl]

I hear you when you say don’t let them dry out because they like moisture, but I am having root rot issues (with my monstera, cat palm, oyster plant and possibly my peacock calathea) and it makes me nervous to water them 😩. I have two peacock (makoyana) and Rattlesnake plants.

[@plantheartbeats]

Hi thank you for your comment. I’m sorry to hear that you’re having problems with the root rot, I hate that. However, my advice to keep plants moist is only for calethea‘s and prayer plants. Most of my tropical plants I let dry between waterings. Hope this helps.

[@michellechapman8738]

My rattlesnake isn't getting any taller.. Its in a 5in plastic pot.. Idk its in my bathroom. Its not crispy..but just not growing....its been 2yrs now. I gave some fertilizer...ok m just glad its surviving!!

[@jungleflowerscanada5384]

A tip for you, you can cut off the damaged part of the leaves on calatheas and they wl be fine. 💚

[@susannahwalsh2153]

Overall your calathea look beautiful and healthy. My problem is the medallion. All winter beautiful thriving new foliage. Now it’s going downhill as we head into spring. I repotted in a light mix and still no luck. Would I buy it again. No. My stromanthe on the other hand is just fine.

[@annylindsay5358]

Love your collection! They look so healthy and happy. One trick I've learned about neem oil is to do it late in the day, or evening as ultra violet light increases the amount the leaves burn from it, or increases their sensitivity to it. Hooe those tricky ones come good for you.

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks for sharing.👍

[@turogers13]

I'm a beginner! I just love these plants. I ordered them and have only had them 5 days.

[@jessiwave8]

I have our have had most of the plants she shared with us and the only two that didn't work out for me is the medallion and the dottie. I threw away both, I'd bought them as young plants. Yesterday I came up on a deal of a huge medallion and it had 6 new leaves coming up as well. I bought it for 26.00 at home depot, it is so big. Hopefully it'll stay healthy

[@plantheartbeats]

Cool! I love the medallion... I’m still learning... 😊

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

I believe it’s the lite that hits the white part of a plant that makes it burn. I spray down mine all the time but no brite lite until it dries. Agree on the Dotties they are difficult but the grow back. My rattlesnake has a fungus where a few crispy tips and it keep spreading so I cut off all the crispy tip leaves neam oiled it and it’s big and beautiful

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks for sharing!💚

[@MOJUSA]

Nice sharing friend. That is kitchen friend?

[@thatawkwardplantgirl]

I love your prayer plant collection and your energy in this video💚🙌☺ beautiful marantacea 💚 I think the last one that lost its pink and white did not get enough light and reverted..could possibly come back with higher light💚☺ most calathea do not revert though so not something to always worry about👍☺

[@EVTD79]

I was going to say the same thing, it's not receiving enough light.

[@thatawkwardplantgirl]

@@EVTD79 glad I wasn't the only one thinking it...I did try to see if the patent said it was stable or not but did not have much luck..of course they say the white fusion is stable to but its not either so🤷‍♀️😂

[@lisabromeliads8150]

Also thinking the same thing about more light too.

[@cathyspooner7093]

I divided my medallion they are both doing great huge leaves

[@plantheartbeats]

Wonderful!

[@EVTD79]

Great video and beautiful, beautiful plants. What is your water to Alaska fish emulsion fertilizer ratio? Can you please do a video on plant fertilizer when you get a chance?

[@plantheartbeats]

Ok I will. I am currently using 1 tsp per 1 quart of water.

[@awakenedpisces680]

Beautiful!

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

[@carrylvasagam6946]

I tried Dottie twice and they died would not buy it again. Love the Peacock and Rattlesnake very much.

[@plantheartbeats]

I agree!💚

[@carrylvasagam6946]

Enjoyed your video

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks!

[@mycharmedunicorn8715]

They say Calathea lose the color on the back if they are getting a lot of light. If they get indirect light the burgundy color stays because it is used to capture light and retain it. Hey your Dottie looks like my Calathea. I seriously think they go into severe shock and then come back when you get them. But they look awful in the meantime

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks for letting me know!!! 😊I’m finishing with your grocery shopping. it’s everything correct? it’s anything else that i can help you with? do you need anything else? I’m here for you! 😊😊💚😊

[@luvlapetite1421]

Calatheas can be very fussy. I just brought a small Tristar however I’m holding off from purchasing more at this time.

[@myay8340]

Thank you for this video! I love calatheas! I want to ask you how do you deal with the fungus gnats?

[@plantheartbeats]

Hello, I used cinnamon powder or the yellow stickies for the fungus gnats or bottom watering… 😊😊😊💚💚💚

[@raiderfrankdatank]

The only ones I can keep alive is the never never plant and the tri color

[@karenjones7770]

I just purchased the Never Never plant. It was a bit damaged and very big so I divided it into two plants. New at this plant. Any tips?

[@janna7756]

I have had a stromanthe tri for a few months (maybe four) and I’ve sprayed it every day, sometimes twice a day with distilled water and I haven’t had a discoloring issue...

[@plantheartbeats]

Wow, I didn’t know that! Thanks for letting me know! 💚🪴💚

[@shirleymoore3706]

I have a Dottie and used to have a white star. I had to give that thing away, the Dottie is a headache, but nothing like the white star!

[@hedgewitch59]

Your Dottie dies around 15°c. It's a 25°c+ diva. And you don't use terracotta for marantas or calathea. It dries out way too quick.

[@plantheartbeats]

I noticed that! Thank you for telling us that, appreciate it!

[@lianygamboa380]

Do you have a video about the soil mix you use for these?

[@plantheartbeats]

No I don’t..😒

[@turogers13]

The one that is fading color should not get too much light.

[@saphire82]

Just read about calatheas if they lose color they might need to be fertilized. That might have happened with your star one.

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks for the tip!💚👍

[@princemeleth]

Whts ur potting mix for calathea plants, ur seems to be healthy plants, no stress or any problems.

[@tinab758]

I don't see the Peacock Plant variety. My 1st Calathea and I put it in a ceramic pot. It stays moist all the time. Can never water it. Doesn't dry out. Has not grown one bit. I've changed its location a few times. No change! Any ideas? I'm afraid of them now.

[@plantheartbeats]

Maybe you can check the roots… if the plant had a long time wet soil… can be root rot… 😔 not sure… hope I’m wrong… change the soil or mix a little bit of perlite…

[@bonniepapso9299]

I have a Dottie that looks just like yours. They look beautiful until all of a sudden they don’t. I’m about to give up hope.

[@janetshepherd9062]

How do you have those plant boxes attached to the wall?

[@plantheartbeats]

I have Plant Wall video if you want to check it out!🪴💚

[@SANDRATHEGREATONE]

Can you share your neem oil recipe? Please.

[@juancovarrubias1792]

Lol I also mis count mine in a video

[@plantheartbeats]

😂🤣

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

When is the best time to find plants at Lowes. I have noticed their prices are higher in 2022

[@plantheartbeats]

Hi! Yes it’s true prices are higher this year. I actually just check often when I’m near a Lowe’s or Walmart. It’s actually seams to vary the day stores restock. 🪴

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

@@plantheartbeats I noticed that certain suppliers are more money than others

[@nyxsulis7780]

Wait so there’s no fertilizer for the lemon lime maranta and it looks so full…I need to move mine away from direct light maybe

[@donnasmalley3713]

Hal stef mixes Leca with her soil to prevent compaction

[@plantheartbeats]

Good idea!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@lisabromeliads8150]

That sounds good but I wouldn't use much cause leca holds in the water.

[@leksukijo]

I think its not grey star, but ctenanthe Setosa calathea, and calathea Amigris its called grey Star

[@lisabromeliads8150]

I was wondering about the amagress myself!

[@kirtidoctor]

Am so jealous of ur triostar

[@Gee5425]

Find a big one if you have and are struggling with a smaller one. I bought one probably double the size of her big one last year, and that guys is beautiful, happy, always pushing out new growth, and basically cares for itself. Because I was doing so great with my biggen, I bought a smaller one last fall, and that thing was ALWAYS on the struggle bus! I actually bought the bigger one because I thought I'd separate and gift some of it, but after struggling with the smaller one for so long I finally came to yt to find out what I was doing wrong, and every single person that had a bigger one said the bigger the plant the easier it is to take care of the smaller the triostar the harder it is to take care of. So I gifted my mom my smaller one, and kept my bigger one in tact, and she ended up killing the smaller one. The bigger one is still doing great, sitting outside on the porch now, probably ready for a bigger pot, I just have to find one big enough for it, cause it is a monster!

[@plantheartbeats]

I’m sure you will find a beautiful one too!! I found that Lowe’s are bringing more triostars lately! 😊💚

[@cathyspooner7093]

I do have to use stick so plant lets water run though

[@plantheartbeats]

👍

[@whimsiwild]

The beauty star Will not show pink mark, the one has the mark is white star

[@Aileensjournal]

Beautiful 🤩

[@chachagd3820]

❤️👍

[@cathyspooner7093]

I wipe all my prayer plants leaves every sunday

[@plantheartbeats]

Good idea to have a routine.

[@noahlipham6252]

I hate Dottie, too!

[@plantheartbeats]

😂😂😂

[@cathyspooner7093]

I wipe my prayer plants leaves down with diluted coffee

[@plantheartbeats]

Wow! Good tip!

[@Daisy.florina]

why my caletha Zebrina leaves and stem collapsed?

[@plantheartbeats]

Can be for a few reasons, to much water, pest… root rot

[@alvaferjoe2117]

7:10 Stromanthe sanguinea “Triostar” Not a Calathea, Stromanthe is a different genus from the same family, Marantaceae

[@plantheartbeats]

Thanks for the correction! 💚

[@allanhansen481]

Your second plant is a Ctenanthe Setosa. Grey and Silver Stars are different to my knowledge. Faded backsides of leaves = too much light. Morning light is too strong. These plants need low light. KZbinrs have different opinions on which Calathea is the most difficult. For some, Dottie is the easiest. You are not a beginner. You are very much an expert, yet I notice that all your prayer plants (even lancifolia) have brown edges/spots. It is a misconception that Calatheas are not for beginners. I am a beginner. I killed plants for 25 years without caring. Then five months ago, I started my own collection I have 20 now. I do not have any brown edges or spots except the ones that occurred in the shop or during a few weeks of acclimatising. Calatheas need perfect conditions: light, temperature, soil, humidity, water, watering, fertiliser, etc. To take care of them, you need a guide and a regular systematic approach. I check my collection every day. If you do the same, I am sure your collection would look near-perfect too.

[@Daisy.florina]

show us the rest of the plant

[@plantheartbeats]

I will in the future have another houseplant tour! Thanks!

[@Daisy.florina]

what country are you from?

[@plantheartbeats]

United States!

[@greyvenegas6089]

tu eres mas mexicana quel chile y los nopales porque hablar en ingles ten orgullo de tus raices

[@plantheartbeats]

Hablo inglés aquí en este canal y español en mi canal de español… si quiere puede seguirme en el de español también