These purple calathea varieties have a royal charm and match really well with the other houseplants!
If you are bored with green foliage all around and want a dash of royal hue in your plant collection, well, these calatheas are the way to go!
Check out the Best Types of Calathea Varieties
Purple Calathea Varieties
1. Rose Painted Calathea
Botanical Name: Calathea roseopicta
Native to South America, this variety is popular for its vivid leaves that look like some artist’s work! Mature leaves get a stunning shade of purple all over!
2. Furry Feather Calathea
Botanical Name: Calathea rufibarba
It is a show-stopping variety that is popular due to its changing foliage color—dark and light green when young and reddish purple as the plants mature.
3. Calathea Dottie
Botanical Name: Calathea roseopicta ‘Dottie’
This cultivar, a derivative of the Calathea roseopicta, has large, deep green leaves with striking pink outlines. Its foliage looks almost purple under certain light conditions!
4. Rosy Calathea
Botanical Name: Calathea roseopicta ‘Rosy’
It displays green on the edges of its leaves with purple-pink centers and a purple underside. Give it plenty of bright, indirect light to maintain its color vibrancy.
5. Peacock Calathea
Botanical Name: Calathea makoyana
This houseplant earn its name from the intricate pattern resembling a peacock’s tail across its leaves. The leaves have a deep purple shade on the underside.
6. Pinstripe Calathea
Botanical Name: Calathea ornata ‘Sanderiana’
This one is popular for its glossy dark green leaves with delicate rose-cream pinstripes. It thrives in indirect light, which also makes its color more vivid.
7. Calathea Picturata
Botanical Name: Calathea picturata
Calathea Picturata stands out due to its striking leaf pattern, with silvery white centers surrounded by bold green edges above and purple below.
8. Calathea Louisae
Botanical Name: Calathea louisae
This species displays dark green leaves with yellow patterns and purple undersides. It performs a nightly ritual of closing its leaves and reopening them with daylight.
9. Eternal Flame Plant
Botanical Name: Calathea crocata
Calathea crocata’s gorgeous yellow-orange flame-like flowers give it its nickname – eternal flame. It has bluish-green leaves with purple undersides.
10. Silver Plate
Botanical Name: Calathea ‘Silver Plate’
With its unique pale silver-green leaves accented by light pink accents and dark purple undersides, the ‘Silver Plate’ can be a star plant for the tabletops!
