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Goeppertia zebrina
Also called Zebra Plant, Zebra Calathea
In Singapore: Zebra Plant, 绒叶肖竹芋, 花斑肖竹芋 (Grown in Singapore)
Zebra plant is an evergreen perennial from southeastern Brazil, grown mainly as a houseplant for its dark green leaves with lime-green etching. It needs warmth, bright light without direct sun, and consistently moist soil.
Goeppertia zebrina, the zebra plant, is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae, native to southeastern Brazil. It is sometimes known by the synonym Calathea zebrina. Goeppertia zebrina has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
It is tender, with a minimum temperature of 16 °C (61 °F) required, and in temperate areas is cultivated indoors as a houseplant. Normal room temperature, that is around 20°C, is suitable for this plant all year round. It prefers a brightly-lit spot, but does not tolerate direct sunlight. The soil should be kept moist throughout the summer, when it cannot tolerate drought. Nutrition can be given every other week during the growing season from spring to fall, but no supplement in the winter. To give the blades a pleasant humidity, it can be showered with tepid water as often as possible. Replanting takes place when needed during the spring.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goeppertia zebrina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
