A world-famous foliage plant that is super beautiful, with leaves like peacock feathers that even fan out their tails

In recent years, many people have increasingly enjoyed growing flowers and green plants at home to decorate their living space, embellish daily life and cultivate their character, while some flower enthusiasts prefer growing flowers that are usually less common but very beautiful.

Today Huar will introduce to everyone a kind of flower named Calathea makoyana, which is a perennial evergreen herb with thin leathery leaves in an ovate-elliptic shape. On the leaf surface there are feather-like markings alternating dark green with white or pale yellow, closely resembling the pattern on peacock tail feathers, hence its name. Its leaves spread out during the day and fold up at night, like a "peacock displaying its tail," so you can enjoy the sight every day, and it is super beautiful!

Calathea makoyana is a world-famous foliage plant, and it is not too difficult to care for. It prefers well-drained, fertile, loose, slightly acidic soil. You can use leaf mold and sandy soil mixed at a 2:1 ratio to make the growing medium. When potting, you can spread a thin layer of bone meal at the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer to promote its growth and make the markings clearer and brighter green.

It prefers a warm, humid, semi-shaded environment. Too strong light will scorch the leaves and cause the leaf edges to wither and burn, while if light is insufficient for a long time, new shoots will sprout less and the leaves will turn yellow, reducing its ornamental value. Except in winter, when it can receive full sun, at other times avoid the strong midday light. Especially in summer, pay even more attention to shading and simply keep it in a place with plenty of scattered light.

It prefers a humid environment. During the growing season it needs plenty of water, and the potting soil should be kept appropriately moist. When you see it slightly pale, water it thoroughly. In summer, also spray more water on the leaves and around the plant to increase humidity and lower the temperature.

It does not need much fertilizer. During the growing season, apply diluted liquid fertilizer 1-2 times a month, mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizer must not be excessive, otherwise the leaf markings will become lighter and lose their luster. You can also spray the leaves with 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate for foliar feeding to promote new shoot sprouting and speed up the growth of Calathea makoyana.

That is all for the care of Calathea makoyana. If flower enthusiasts have anything to add, you can share it with everyone in the comments section below. If you want to learn more about flower-growing knowledge, you can follow Huahua Fairy!