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Calathea Freddie
Calathea Freddie
A bright, feather-striped prayer plant that's easier than most, in a 12cm grow pot.
- Moderate care
- Medium to bright indirect
- When top 2cm is dry
- 12cm grow pot
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Calathea Freddie
R 185.00
About this plant
About this plant
Calathea Freddie
Also known as Calathea Concinna
This is a prayer plant
Keep its soil moist but be sure that it is not soggy. You will need soil that drains well, retains moist and not water.
You can water your Calathea Concinna regularly. letting the top 2cm of soil dry before watering again. Water thorougly. Use water that has been boiled nefore or bottled water if possible.
Medium to high indirect sunlight is best at all times. Make sure not to let any direct sunlight touch the leaves as it will burn quickly. Calathea Freddie can handle low light as well, however it will not reach its full colour and desity
Good humidity will assit the plant to get larger leaves and and a denser form. If you do not have a humidifier, be sure to mist the leaves in the morning when you wake up every day or second day. Alternatively, setting the pot on top of a shallow container like a tray filled with gravel and water also works well. Make sure that the gravel level is higher than the water before you sit the pot on top of it. The pot or the plant roots must never touch the water,
Your Calathea is also a good addition to your air purifying collection.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
Light green leaves with dark feather stripes
Goeppertia concinna 'Freddie' (formerly Calathea concinna) · also known as Calathea Freddie, zebra calathea
Native to Brazil (species)
A compact prayer plant with long, light green leaves marked by dark green feathered stripes. It's a little more forgiving than most Calatheas.
- A Calathea Freddie in a 12cm grow pot, one of the easier Calatheas to start with.
- Slim, light green leaves with dark green feathered stripes give a fresh, bright look.
- Handles lower light better than most prayer plants.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Medium to bright indirect light near an east-facing window, never in direct sun. It tolerates lower light, but its colour and fullness are best with more light.
Care card
- Light
- Medium to bright, indirect
- Water
- When top 2cm is dry
- Humidity
- High
- Temperature
- 16 to 27°C, no frost
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Feeding
- Monthly in summer
- Growth
- Moderate
- Outdoors
- Best indoors
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Place it in medium to bright indirect light, with no sun on the leaves.
- Water thoroughly once the top 2cm of soil has dried, using boiled-and-cooled or bottled water if you can.
- Mist the leaves every morning or two, or stand it on a pebble tray.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Crispy brown edgesDry air or hard tap water. Mist more and switch to cooled boiled water.
- Pale, sparse leavesToo little light. Move it somewhere brighter, still out of direct sun.
- Yellow leaves, soggy soilOverwatering. Let the top 2cm dry before watering again.
Questions
Good to know
How big is the plant?
How big is the plant?
A plant in a 12cm grow pot. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Is it a good first Calathea?
Is it a good first Calathea?
Yes, it's one of the more forgiving ones, as long as the air isn't too dry.
How do I get bigger leaves?
How do I get bigger leaves?
Good humidity and steady indirect light give larger leaves and a fuller plant.
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