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Silver Band Prayer Plant
Maranta leuconeura 'Silver Band'
MarantaMood Meter: Kinda High-Maintenance
Also called: Silver Band Maranta
How to identify it
Broad silver-gray central band contrasts with darker green leaf margins and subtle veining.
Growing characteristics
Growth habit: creeping clumping.
Plant Mood Meter: Kinda High-Maintenance
Prayer-plant relatives commonly show stress quickly when water quality, humidity, moisture, temperature, or light shifts outside their preferred range.
Care guide
Light
Medium to bright indirect light. Direct sun: Avoid strong direct sun.
Water
Maintain fairly consistent moisture while allowing the surface to begin drying; avoid both bone-dry roots and stagnant saturation.
Soil / substrate
Airy, moisture-retentive tropical mix with good drainage.
Humidity
Moderate to high humidity is strongly preferred.
Support / growth
No support needed.
Problems Planticist can help with
UnderwateringOverwatering / poor aerationRoot rot / impaired rootsExcess light / sun scorchInsufficient light (etiolation)Normal lower-leaf senescenceLow-humidity stressPest damageFertilizer / mineral salt buildup
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