Calathea
Common Name : Peacock Plant / Zebra Plant / Rattlesnake Plant When Calathea is grown as a house plant it sometimes goes by the name Peacock Plant , Zebra Plant or Rattlesnake Plant because of its leaf markings, but it’s much more common to stick to its latin name of Calathea .Occasionally you may find it labeled as “ Prayer Plant ” but this is probably a mislabel as the “ Prayer Plant ” is strictly a Maranta and therefore belongs in the Marantaceae family. Although (and we promise it won’t get any more complicated than this) the Marantaceae family also includes the Calathea genus , so basically the plants are both closely related, they look very similar and essentially have the same care requirements. There are several house plants which are grown exclusively for their foliage, and the Calathea is one of these. The leaves and plants themselves come in many shapes and sizes, each one will normally have gorgeous looking ornately patterned leaves, on occasion the markings ca