Maranta leuconeuraCommon name(s): Prayer PlantMaranta tricolor (Maranta leukoneura erytrophylla) Genus of about 20 species of evergreen, rhizomatous perennials from rainforest in tropical Central and South America. The Maranta's (Prayer Plant) leaves fold up at night hence the common name. Whe...
Varieties of Prayer Plant Named after a 16th century Italian botanist and physician Bartolomeo Maranta, the Maranta leuconeura is just one of the low growing plants in the Maranta genus, and the eye-catching tricolor foliage of one of its cultivars, M. tricolor, also known as the herringbone...