Maranta Arundinacea
Also known as
Arrowroot, Arrowroot, Arrowroot, maranta, West Indian arrowroot, obedience plant, Bermuda arrowroot, araru, araruta, ararao and hulankeeriya
Taxonomy
Maranta arundinacea
Maranta
Marantaceae
Zingiberales
How to care for Maranta Arundinacea
How often to water your Maranta Arundinacea
Maranta Arundinacea needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Arrowroot in your home
Maranta Arundinacea can tolerate being far from a window and light source.
Place it less than 6 feet from a south-facing window to ensure it receives enough light to survive 💪.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Maranta Arundinacea in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Maranta Arundinacea
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Maranta Arundinacea after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my arrowroot plant why are the leaves turning brown? #arrowroot #brownleaf
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Hello Everyone, I just wanted to know how I can fix brown spots on my Arrowroot leaves. I just trimmed them #Arrowroot
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My plant is looking so bad suddenly. Turning yellow and wilting. What might the issue be? It’s in a south facing window but not in direct sunlight. #GreenPrayerPlant
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Does this plant bloom. Noticed a vine coming out #GreenPrayerPlant
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She’s flowering! So good to see that she is thriving and flowering! She seemed unhappy a month ago and I started to pay more attention to her care since then. Seems the work pays off and she’s a happy little plant! #HappyPlants #FloweringPlants
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Watered it 11 days ago but soil still really moist. App says to water but should@I snooze until soil feels more dry? TIA #GreenPrayerPlant
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Check out my #lemonlimeprayerplant rescue's before and after pictures. It got pretty neglected during a stressful time and I wasn't sure if I was going to keep it, but there were a ton of new leaf shoots, so if it wasn't going to give up then I wasn't either. These pics are from April 20th and today (5/16). Just goes to show how resilient this species is! #happyplants
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I was house/dogsitting for 4 days and came home to my first bloom! How cool is that?! I didn’t even know prayer plants flowered lol. A few of my other plants also grew new leaves! #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #NewGrowth #PlantTherapy #flowerpower #PrayerPlant
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Does this look like active pest damage? Concerned about thrips/spider mites since this plant is from a big box store. Good thing its isolated!
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Corms? Can I pull the corms off the roots of my prayer plant and grow another plant? One of my propagation pieces has two large corms and one small one. #PrayerPlant #corms
Care Summary for Maranta Arundinacea
Maranta Arundinacea
Greg recommends:
0.5 cups every 9 days
< 6ft from a window
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.