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Four showy
cultivars which we purchased in 2003 from various growers. These four
show some of the diversity in colors, leaf shapes, and markings
available in this fascinating genus. Click image to enlarge |
'Corona', a
very unique and different hybrid. There is nothing like it. Photo take at the newly opened conservatory at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, Virginia in June 2003. Click image to enlarge |
Among these cultivars there is usually a "feather ring" which is light-colored, white, or silver feathery oval inside the leaf margin. It varies in color, intensity, margins, and width. In some cultivars the ring has become a large silver center. Within this ring is often a colorful region of darker green bands forming as branches or laterals from the midrib. These we have termed as "brushstrokes" since they appear painted with irregular, squarish shapes. Many cultivars also have a red flush to these bands, the midrib, or the entire surface of the blade - but most intensely so in the new growth. Descriptions refer to the upper or above surface of the blade unless stated. The back of leaves is red or purple unless stated otherwise.
The original descriptions here are to augmented by the photographs held on the sites of the various sources. Agristarts.com and Silver Krome Gardens are a particular good photo references.
Calathea burle-marxii 'Blue Ice' ('Ice Blue') |
ht: 3-4 ft.
tall
lc: silver green to medium green
fc: stunningly beautiful pale icy blue flowers.
Calathea burle-marxii 'Green Ice' ('Ice Green') |
lc: silver
green to medium green
fc: light yellowish-green flowers
Calathea burle-marxii 'White Ice' |
lc: silver
green to medium green
fc: nearly pure white flowers
Calathea 'Cobra' |
lc: 80%
silver centered with pink flush in new growth. Dark brushstrokes
appear.
so:
Exotic
Angel Plants
Calathea 'Corona' |
ha:
mid-sized among modern hybrids
lc: silver to silver-green center at 85-100% of surface. Some plants (see photo
above) have no visible dark green
margin. Midrib and secondary veins reddish, especially
lc: in new growth. Leaves a rich reddish-pink below most of their life. It has a
pink and silver bicolor look with maturity. It may be regarded as an extreme
lc: variant of the C. picturata 'Argentea' type which is about 70-85% silver in
the center.
Calathea TROPICAL SATISFACTION 'Freddie' |
lc: medium
green with dark green blotches in the position of lateral
brushstrokes. See photo above.
ns: TROPICAL SATISFACTION is apparently a series name as it appears with more
than one cultivar.
Calathea gandersii 'Ruffles' |
lc:
reddish-brown
ls: lanceolate to elliptic, highly undulate or ruffled
eval: C. rufibarba 'Wavestar' is perhaps more colorful and
interesting for the trade.
Calathea 'Helen' |
lc: medium
green with about 70% of the balde a lighter green center feather
shape. Dark
lc: green brushstrokes exist as laterals. Very glossy.
ls: somewhat undulate.
or: a species discovered in Brazil. The name honors the well
known Calathea taxonomist Dr.
or: Helen Kennedy.
so: Agristarts.com
Calathea lietzei 'Greenstar' |
lc: bright green with darker green brushmarks
Calathea majestica 'Albo-lineata' |
lc: marked in white lines
Calathea majestica 'Princeps' |
lc: light green with dark central banding.
Calathea majestica 'Roseo-lineata' |
lc: marked with pink lines.
Calathea majestica 'Whitestar' |
ns: a listed name
Calathea
ornata 'Roseolineata'
|
lc: dark green, usually a blackish-green, numerous parallel secondary zones in light pink to cream. They are only pink in the newest leaf or two.
Calathea picturata 'Argentea' |
lc: wide
silver zone in the center in the range of 70-80% coverage. See photo above
ll: 12-15 in.
id: blades are much more elliptic and narrow than C. 'Corona' and with a wider
green margin.
Calathea picturata 'Tuxla' |
lc: similar
to 'Vandenheckei'
or: unknown. It is possibly a juvenile phase selection.
Calathea picturata 'Vandenheckei' |
lc: wide
silver feather ring. There is a wide feather pattern in lighter
green inside the ring.
id: this is a juvenile phase of the species and usually the more
ornamental of the two.
Calathea 'Purplestar' |
ns: a listed name. Possibly a clone of C. rufibarba.
Calathea rosea-picta 'Angela' |
lc: wide
silver feather ring with irregular dark green brushstrokes as
laterals. New growth is
lc: flushed pink at the base.
pat: US#9692
so:
Twyford
Labs
Calathea rosea-picta 'Arctic Blush' ('Artic Blush') |
ht: 15-18
in. tall x 24 in. wide
ha: compact
lc: mint green feather ring with a glowing pink center in new
growth. The pink center
lc: becomes a large silver center 80-90% of surface. Very glossy
below. A thin green margin.
ls: much more rounded, wide blade than species typical
so:
Glasshouse
Works
so: Agristarts.com
Calathea rosea-picta 'Cocinna' = C. cocinna? |
Calathea rosea-picta 'Cora' |
lc: silver
center up to 80% of surface. The blade is covered in dark
brushstrokes over the silver.
so:
Twyford
Labs
Calathea roseo-picta 'Cynthia' |
ha: 18 in.
tall x 30 in. wide
lc: silver-green margin to 30% of surface. New growth is flushed
bright pink and mainly at
lc: the base. The margin may be up to 1 in. wide.
ll: blades 8-10 in. long
so:
Silver
Krome Gardens
Calathea roseo-picta 'Eclipse' |
lc: wide
silver-green "feather ring" to 25% of surface. Midrib
whitish. Leaves are bright pink
lc: below and at the base above in new growth. Older leaves may
be silver margined.
so:
Silver
Krome Gardens
Calathea roseo-picta 'Illustris' ('Illustrus') |
ha: more
upright than species typical
lc: thin silver feather ring that is sometimes broken and not
continuous like most modern
lc: cultivars. The feather ring is often lobed or with rounded
edges to the outside. There are
lc: alternating light and dark green bars or brushstrokes inside
the ring.
so:
Silver
Krome Gardens
Calathea roseo-picta 'Jungle Rose' ('Jungle Velvet' in part) |
ha: compact
ls: well rounded blade compared to others
lc: white to light green feather ring. Whitish midrib. Dark green
base color. Very purple below.
so:
Silver
Krome Gardens
Calathea roseo-picta 'Jungle Velvet' ='Jungle Rose' or C. warscewiczii |
ns: it has
been listed as a synonym of 'Jungle Rose' as an error. Obviously
it has no velvet
ns: surface like other taxa.
Calathea roseo-picta 'Medallion' |
ha: larger,
more upright than most cultivars
lc: silver-green feather ring which has distinct lobing or
rounded edges. The leaf surface inside
lc: the ring is much darker green. A light green feather forms a
center inside the ring. Has a
lc: tricolor effect
so:
Silver
Krome Gardens
Calathea roseo-picta 'Rosy' (NOT 'Rosey') |
lc: silver
to silver green center of 70-80% of surface. New growth is
flushed bright pink.
id: similar to 'Corona' but new growth appears to be much pinker.
id: a clone sold under the invalid name 'Rosey-Roseo' by Exotic Angel is similar
to the species but with very rich pink tints. See photo above.
pat: US #8836
so:
Silver
Krome Gardens
Calathea roseo-picta 'Royal Picta' = 'Royale' |
Calathea roseo-picta 'Royale' ('Royal Picta') |
ha: upright
lc: dark green with deeply lobed silver to silver-green feather
ring. Leaves very dark burgundy
lc: below. The surface inside the ring is much darker green. A
medium green center appears
lc: in a feather shape to 20-25% of surface inside the feather
ring.
id: it resembles 'Medallion'
so:
Silver
Krome Gardens
Calathea roseo-picta 'Saskia' |
ns: a listed name.
Calathea roseo-picta 'Saturn' |
pat:
US#9840
so:
Twyford
Labs
Calathea roseo-picta 'Silvia' |
lc: silver
center up to 80% of surface. The center is mostly pink in the new
growth or has pink
lc: brushstrokes forming laterals to the midrib.
pat: US#9693
so:
Twyford
Labs
Calathea rufibarba 'Compactstar' |
ns: a listed name, usually spelled as a single word.
Calathea rufibarba 'Wavestar' |
ha: erect,
arching, very elegant in form
lc: medium to dark green above. Very dark purple below
lv: covered in dense hairs
ls: elliptic to lanceolate, highly undulate
Calathea 'Silver Plate' (1/03) |
lc:
uniformly glossy silver-olive over 99% of the surface, a thin
dark green margin may appear.
ls: broadly ovate
fc: light pink
Calathea 'Stripestar' = Stroemanthe 'Stripestar' |
Calathea 'Thai Beauty' |
hc: cream
and lime variegations
so:
Glasshouse
Works
Calathea 'Triostar' |
ns: a listed name.
Calathea 'Tropicstar' |
lc: medium
green above and dark purple below
ns: may be a clone of C. rufibarba as is 'Wavestar'.
Calathea 'Velvet Touch' |
lc: dark
green, velvety with a lighter green midrib and secondary veins.
Dark red below.
so: Agristarts.com
Calathea 'Whte Jade' (11/4) |
ha: upright foliage
fc: white
lc: light green with numerous dark green secondary feather marks, very glossy
blade
so:
Twyford
Labs