Types of kalatei

There is no greater joy for the inveterate florist than the new unusual pet in the flower garden or on the windowsill. And certainly, he will not be able to pass by the kalatei - a plant bright and unusual, but somewhat capricious in care. About different types of kalatei you can learn from our article.

Interesting facts about kalatee

The homeland of kalatei is considered to be South America . It is there, in the tropical forests, now you can find more than a hundred species of this plant. The tallest species of kalatei extend their leaves to the sunlight to a height of more than 80 cm. The flowers of the kalatei can be of a very different color, but all of them can only pollute themselves with the very small bees due to their specific structure. In addition, kalatei have another interesting feature - their leaves change their position during the day. In the morning, the leaves of the kalatei occupy the lower position, in order to rise up in the evening, demonstrating the underside of the leaf. Thanks to this, kalateia is known to the world under another name - a prayer flower.

Types of kalatei

1. Kalatea rufibarba or red-haired . Got its name due to the yellow-red gun, covering the lower part of the leaves and their petioles. Leaves are reddish-brown kalatei of medium size oblong elongated shape. The edges of the leaves have a wavy form and a uniform dark or light green color.
2. Kalatea crocoat or saffron . It differs by regular flowering. It is not difficult to achieve flowering, it is enough only to provide suitable conditions - lighting more than 10 hours a day at a temperature of about + 18 ° C. The upper part of the leaves of the kalatei is dark green, and the lower part is almost brown. Famous saffron kalathea and its capricious disposition - with insufficient humidity, it quickly drops leaves, so it should be grown in special aquariums or teplichkah.
3. Kalateja Varcevic. Pleases its owners not only with beautiful decorative leaves, but also with very unusual flowering. Large white-pink or pure white flowers from Varsevic's kalateia gather in spicate inflorescences. Coloring leaves is not inferior to flowers in beauty - a dark green leaf with a longitudinal middle stripe, which has the form of a Christmas tree. Before the beginning of flowering, Vášević's kalatej produces long enough and fragile shoots, so it needs space and additional support.
4. Kalatea Makoya . It stands out against the backdrop of the brothers with an interesting coloring of the leaves. The leaves of the Makoya kalatei have an oblong shape and a transparent white background, along which a pattern of another leaf forms from the dark green spots.
5. Kalatea Mosaic Network. It's not for nothing that it got its name, because looking at its leaves creates the full impression that they are collected from the smallest pieces of the mosaic .
6. Kalatea decorated. Refers to stunted types of coats. Its height is slightly more than 15 cm. The leaves of the decorated kalatei have the shape of an ellipse about 20 cm long and 6 cm wide. The color of the leaves is as follows: on the top they are yellow-green with pronounced lateral lines, and purple from below. The flowers of decorated kalatei are collected in spiked inflorescences of violet or white.
7. The leaves of leopard kalatei have a lanceolate shape and average dimensions. On top of the leaves have a gently-green color with spots of a darker color, connected to the central vein of the leaf. The flowers of leopard kalatei are collected in spicate inflorescences of yellow color.
8. Kalatea is wonderful or lanceolate . Characterized by long narrow leaves with a wavy edge. On the light green surface of the leaves alternate large and small dark green spots, diverging in both directions from the central vein. The reverse side of leaves of a wonderful kalatei is dark purple.