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Tropical foliage ID Please!

Palm crazy

By Palm crazy
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Palm crazy Grand Master

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This cool looking foliage plant caught my eye and was wondering what it is? I assume some type of ginger? Looks like some type of Calathea, maybe C. warscewiczi? Thanks for looking. 

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Kim Grand Master

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I believe you have the correct name, if the photo color is distorted, as I think it is.  I have this plant but it does not really have a purple sheen on the leaves as shown. The underside of the leaf is a dark reddish purple.  Something I picked up at a big box.

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Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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Gonzer Grand Master

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Yeah Kim, I've never seen purple Adiantum either.

 

 

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Yeah the leave do have that interesting purple sheen to it which I believe is just the photo itself, maybe it was in the evening when taken cause the flower color is off too. I wasn’t sure if it was C. warscewiczi or C. zebra or something new.  Its house plant season here, so I’ll keep my eye peel for one at the big box stores. Thanks you for your answer!

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