16 Most Beautiful Types of Prayer Plants | Best Maranta Varieties

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Here are the most stunning Types of Prayer Plants for your indoor gardens that are surely going to add a lot of appeal with colors to your room!

Maranta leuconeura is famous for its colorful foliage that offers a stunning combination of different hues. Here are the gorgeous Types of Prayer Plants you can grow!

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Most Stunning Types of Prayer Plants

1.  Kim

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘Kim’

This stubby variety has beautiful light-colored foliage with purple spots and streaks of cream white. It is a great plant for hanging baskets or tabletops!

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2. Kerchoveana

Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘Kerchoveana’

Also famous as the green prayer plant, it is a must-have specimen for indoors and looks simply fabulous, with green markings on both sides of the leaves divided by a central vein.

3. Kerchoveana Minima

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Botanical Name: Maranta bicolor ‘Kerchoveana Minima’

Quite popular, you must have seen this one in many houses! It has light green foliage with dark green spots and a slightly darker leaf color compared to ‘Kerchoveana’.

4. Silver Feather

Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘Silver Feather’

The slender foliage of the plant has unique variegation with just the right combination of light and deep green. It also has very faint, gray-blue markings between the veins.

5. Erythroneura

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura

The plant looks quite spectacular with its glossy dark-green leaves and red-colored veins. Its foliage also has green marks that run up to the center.

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6. Fascinator

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura var. leuconeura ‘Fascinator’

It looks slightly different from the other varieties, thanks to its slightly more oval leaves with light green patterns and hints of maroon veins.

7. Marisela

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘Marisela’

This is probably the most striking plant due to its herringbone-like patterns on the light green or cream-colored leaves. The trailing plant is perfect for hanging baskets.

8. Lemon Lime

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura ‘Lemon Lime’

The leaves of this cultivar have many shades of green with prominent patterns in bright lime, medium, and dark green shades.

9. Maranta Arundinacea – Arrowroot

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Botanical Name: Maranta arundinacea

Also known as St. Vincent Arrowroot, West Indian Arrowroot, and Bermuda Arrowroot, this plant displays solid green leaves and tiny white blooms throughout spring and summer.

10. Black Prayer Plant

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘massangeana’

This beautiful variety shows off green-silver foliage patterned with purple and olive green edges. Keep it in plenty of bright and indirect light all the time.

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11. Silver Band

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘Silver Band’

Silver Band is a lovely variety with a wide band of silver down the middle of the foliage. If you want a plant with large leaves and shiny color, this is it!

12. Variegated Arrowroot

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Botanical Name: Maranta arundinacea ‘Variegated’

This perennial variety originated from the Amazon rainforest region of Northwestern Brazil. It has lance-shaped leaves splashed with large segments of cream-white hue.

13. Maranta ‘Cat Moustache’

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘Massangeana’

This charming variety showcases foliage with a silver midvein and a blush of rich purple-black hue. Use a well-draining growing medium.

14. Tricolor

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Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘Tricolor’

Tricolor displays striking foliage in three beautiful shades, hence the name. Keep it in a bright, humid spot for the best growth and hue.

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15. Lubbersiana

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Botanical Name: Ctenanthe lubbersiana

Ctenanthe lubbersiana offers marbled yellow and cream variegation on medium green oblong and rounded leaves. It can grow up to 2-4 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide.

16. Setosa

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Botanical Name: Ctenanthe setosa

‘Grey Star’ is a popular variety of Ctenanthe setosa. It has long elliptical leaves with a pale silver tint, dark leaf veins, and red-purple undersides. It can grow up to 3-5 feet tall.

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