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White fusion calathea (Goeppertia lietzei)

>White fusion calathea or Calathea lietzei (Goeppertia lietzei) is a species of plant in the Marantaceae, an annual herb that is evergreen, upright, up to 110 cm tall, grows on forest floors, shady places, waterways, agricultural land, roadsides and other places. abandoned place.

G. lietzei has cylindrical leaf stalks, up to 60 cm long and reddish green in color. Leaves are elongated oval, slender, thick, wavy, up to 25 cm long, up to 9 cm wide, sharp or blunt tip, flat margins and a vein in the middle.

Dlium White fusion calathea (Goeppertia lietzei)


The upper side is dark green and marked with a bright green or whitish side pattern. The underside is dark red with lateral fibers.



Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Goeppertia
Species: Goeppertia lietzei

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