CALATHEA CROCATA Tassmania - Eternal Flame

The Calathea crocata "Tassmania" plant is a houseplant originally from Brazil, which belongs to the Marantaceae family.

It produces beautiful, very decorative lanceolate leaves, of a metallic dark green color, with purple reflections and grayish spots. The underside of the leaf is burgundy.

In summer, it produces very showy orange flowers.

It prefers semi-shaded areas and fears drafts, irrigate regularly.

In the late 1980s, NASA carried out research to understand which were the most useful plants, in order to make the environment inside the space stations as pure as possible. According to a list compiled by the American space agency, this plant is able to improve the quality of the air we breathe and limit domestic pollution.

It has erect stems from which the beautiful dark green oval leaves develop, with purple hues on the lower surface. The inflorescences are surrounded by showy orange bracts and develop at the apex of the stems, above the foliage.

Note: It prefers humid areas, spraying water on the leaves regularly helps its maintenance and the growth of the plant.

Temperatures: prefers temperatures that do not exceed this temperature range: 18 ° C - 25 ° C

Available in various sizes depending on the vase:

Vase 7 cm: h 20 cm

Vase 12 cm h 35 cm

Vase 14 cm h 50 cm

Vase 19cm h 6o cm