Product Details
Highlights
- Botanical Name: Calathea Roseopicta 'Medallion'
- Common Names: Peacock Plant, Zebra Plant
- Description: Calathea Plants, native to tropical South and Central America, Africa, and the West Indies, are grown primarily for their beautiful, brightly colored, upright, oval leaves. The various Calathea varieties have leaves with purple undersides and various vibrant colorful patterns on the top side.
Benefits
Pet Friendly
Genus
Calathea
Light
Low Light
Plant Size
Medium (6" Pot), Small (4" Pot)
Type
Pre Potted, Tropical Indoor Plant
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They're very similar, but not quite the same. Corpuscularia lehmannii has yellow flowers while A. velutina has white flowers. Also, A. velutina frequently has longer leaves than C. lehmannii.
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Corpuscularia lehmannii is an easy going plant so you have lots of options. In fact, it would be more helpful to give you the list of succulents that wouldn't work with ice plant because that list is shorter.
Avoid Lithops, Pleiospilos, and Tillandsia as these have special care needs. Although hardy succulents like Sempervivum and hardy Sedum would grow well with ice plant, they don't love being inside and ice plant cannot tolerate frost.
Other than those exceptions, any succulent would be a solid companion for ice plant. We especially recommend Echeveria, as arrangements with these plants look lovely, but the sky is the limit!
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Avoid Lithops, Pleiospilos, and Tillandsia as these have special care needs. Although hardy succulents like Sempervivum and hardy Sedum would grow well with ice plant, they don't love being inside and ice plant cannot tolerate frost.
Other than those exceptions, any succulent would be a solid companion for ice plant. We especially recommend Echeveria, as arrangements with these plants look lovely, but the sky is the limit!
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I'd recommend a gritty soil that has a high mineral content. You want a soil that drains water quickly because ice plant, like many succulents, is prone to root rot. Many garden stores carry some kind of cactus and succulent soil. This should be fine. However, if you see standing water after you irrigate your ice plant for over a minute, you should add something like pearlite or sand to help your soil drain.
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Ice plant is most easily propagated using cuttings. Click the link below to read our guide on making and rooting succulent cuttings!
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A commercial cactus & succulent mix like those from Miracle Gro or Black Gold work well for C. lehmannii. It's one of the "thirstier" ice plants, so it doesn't generally need extra mineral grit added.
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With mealybugs, you would likely notice a white fuzz or powder. Mealybugs also drink sap rather than eat the epidermis, or skin, of the plant. Snails and slugs are common pests that cause this type of damage, but birds have also been known to peck at succulents, just to taste them.
If it's an indoor plant, it may have been a fungal issue that caused the damage, like powdery mildew.
If it's an indoor plant, it may have been a fungal issue that caused the damage, like powdery mildew.
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More sunlight often helps to encourage growth. Also, if it's been in its container for several years, re-potting with fresh soil will give it some fresh nutrients to promote growth. Come spring, you could also treat it with a balance fertilizer diluted with water to half strength.
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First you need to move it to a spot with more sun (or add Grow Lights). A leggy succulent is in a weakened state due to lack of light. After transitioning to longer, brighter sun, you can take cuttings of the top, non-leggy stems and re-root them following the guide linked below.
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A fuzzy, white infestation on succulents is usually mealybug. It needs to be treated with isopropyl alcohol. You can find more details in the article linked below.
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