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Complete Care Guide: Calathea Beauty Star In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info The Calathea Beauty Star is a gorgeous cultivar of the popular Pinstripe Calathea, or Calathea Ornata. The large, firm leaves still have the characteristic brush strokes of light pink fanning from the midrib to the margins of the leaves, but there are far fewer strokes, and they're accompanied by watercolour patches of lighter green variegation behind them, which accentuates them in a wonderful way. Common Name(s) Calathea Beauty Star, Pinstripe Calathea...

Complete Care Guide: Hoya Australis Lisa In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info   Hoya Australis Lisa is the variegated form of Hoya australis, interestingly far easier to get your hands on than the non-variegated, fully-green version of the plant. Like the name suggests, Hoya Australis -- the non-variegated variety -- hails from Australia, growing along the edges of rainforests and along rocky habitats. Like all hoyas, Lisa is an epiphytic climber -- meaning that it's rare to find a hoya that's growing out of the...

Complete Care Guide: Hoya Krimson Queen In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info Hoya Krimson Queen is one of two commonly-encountered variegated forms of the common Hoya carnosa, or waxplant. Krimson Queen has variegated edges to its leaves, while its sister (or, perhaps, daughter) plant, the Krimson Princess, has variegated centres and green margins. ("The Princess wears a dress, but the Queen wears a crown" is one mnemonic I've seen to help remember which is which, but I'll be honest that it's never truly...

Complete Care Guide: Hoya Curtisii In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info Hoya curtisii is a small-leaved, epiphytic hoya (which means it grows on trees and things, instead of in the ground, generally). It climbs by sprouting many roots along the length of the stem, and can grow to an impressive length. The leaves are olive green with a silvery pattern of variegation on them, spade-shaped, and about thumbnail size. Common Name(s)  Hoya curtisii, Chain of Spades, Courtesy Hoya, Waxplant, Waxflower Botanical Name Hoya...

Complete Care Guide: ZZ Raven In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info The Insta-famous ZZ Raven (which goes by a number of other names, due to copyright) is a nearly-black cultivar of the well-known and well-loved ZZ plant. This plant is a bit deceptive -- what it looks like stems growing out of potatoes, lined with pairs of small leaves, are actually technically single leaves, lined with leaflets! The "potatoes" in the soil are succulent rhizomes, underground stems that can hold a lot of...