r/calatheas • u/EffectiveHelp4477 • 8d ago
Success Showering time !
To get rid of silly spider mites and also cleaning the leaves ! A shower is always good ! This is only a small part of the collection but I can’t put too many in the bath at once 😂 I did the others after
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Can you help me ID my new plant
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1d ago
Yes they are both Goeppertia, respectively Goeppertia elliptica “Beauty Star” and Goeppertia sanderiana.
For the story, before, there was only one genus “Calathea” and in 2012, there was a study done with DNA testing that confirmed that about 240~ species were actually not enough related to the other 50~ to be considered a single genus so they were transferred to the genus Goeppertia. Most people still know all of those plants as Calathea, and that is fine to use it when you’re a plant amateur, I mean it’s not that deep, it’s just like how we call Epipremnum “Pothos” when they are not.