Showing posts with label prayer plant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer plant. Show all posts

Friday, September 14, 2018

Prayer plant flower

My prayer plant has been flowering continuously all summer. The flowers are about 1 cm. (3/8 in.) long.

Maranata leuconeura

A houseplant guide site claims the flowers are "insignificant". I beg to disagree.

The prayer plant is a tropical rainforest native, so it likes water and heat. I have to remember to water it at least every second day, or it starts looking dejected.

I put a couple of stems outside in water for the summer; one of them grew a crop of new leaves and a sturdy root system. The other, in a more protected spot, barely made it. Now, with the beginning of fall, I've brought both inside.

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Rainy day surprise

My prayer plant is blooming!

First flower, and a bud.

The tiny (1 cm.) flower lasted only a day, but the next bud is getting ready to open in the morning, and there are two new buds coming along. A nice treat for a rainy, stormy weekend!
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