Identification: Please helpme identify my plant

Discussion in 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants' started by ArthurC021540, Jun 7, 2009.

  1. ArthurC021540

    ArthurC021540 Member

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    We received a gift of a plant. It stands about four feet from the floor. The largest leaf is about 18 inches long and about 8 inches wide at the widest point. The leaves are shiny and a strong deep green with black sections. See the pictures.
    Please help as we want to know exactly how to care for it.
     

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Maranta or similar.
     
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    Don't know what it is but it sure is pretty! What a generous and wonderful gift! Lucky you!!!
     
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    Did you shine those leaves up or is it natural? It is gorgeously shiny!
     
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    it looks like a type of calathea (maranta family). The leaves look like they have been sprayed with a leaf shine, you should wipe or rinse them off. This product is designed for cut greens in arrangments not for living plants. It usually causes the leaves to yellow after a while if they have been sprayed with the leaf shine.
     
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