Prayer Plant

Maranta Leuconeura Fascinator

Commonly known as prayer plant - Maranta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae, native to tropical Central and South America, and the West Indies. Maranta was named for Bartolomeo Maranta, an Italian physician and botanist of the sixteenth century. Maranta are all fairly low-growing plants, with none reaching over about 20cm tall, making them excellent for grouped displays of low plants on a windowsill.