4" Calathea Concinna, Freddie W2 Kimberly delivers that tropical fern

Kimberly delivers that tropical fern look without needing to obsess about it

It grows like a regular old Cordatum with its ease of care

with old ones converting to what looks like brown paper which it goes ahead and consumes for some more energy while a fresh

they crawl along the ground

adding to the fun

4" Calathea Concinna, Freddie W2 Kimberly delivers that tropical fernCalathea Concinna is also called Calathea Freddie, whoever Freddie is. Another nickname is the Zebra Plant, which makes sense since its leaves are wildly striped with slashed dark green like tribal face paint on the cool sage green. Bumpy, ovate, with lightly curved pointed tips, the leaves emerge straight up and tightly rolled and then tilt down in an orderly fashion, circling the stems, to show the colors to best advantage. Somehow the leaves all