Calathea Triostar H70 cm | Pot Ø19 cm
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Frequently asked questions
Why do the pink areas of a Calathea Triostar fade? It is almost always due to lack of light — move the plant closer to a window with bright indirect light and the new leaves will regain their intense pink and creamy areas.
Why do the leaves of a Calathea Triostar curl? It is the plant’s warning sign of a lack of water or insufficient ambient humidity — water immediately and mist the foliage before the edges turn brown and dry out irreversibly.
Shipping & packaging
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- Delivery in 2 to 5 working days
- Eco-friendly packaging: recyclable boxes and biodegradable materials
- Special protection so your plant arrives in perfect condition
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- Contact us promptly at hello@verdeia.eu with photos
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The guarantee covers: damage in transit, plants severely weakened on arrival, and order preparation errors.
CARE TIPS ON ARRIVAL
To help your plant settle in for the long term:
- Unpack your plant immediately and inspect it
- Let it acclimatize for 24-48h in a bright spot out of direct sunlight
- Check the soil moisture before watering (dry surface = light watering)
- Wait 2-3 weeks before repotting, if needed
- Keep it away from heat sources and drafts
- Gently wipe the leaves to remove dust
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🌿 Unique green, cream and pink tricolor foliage • 🌤️ Partial shade to bright indirect light • 💧 Moderate watering • ✨ Easy care • 🐾 Non-toxic • 📏 H70 cm | Pot Ø19 cm
The Calathea 'Triostar' is a tropical plant with long, lance-shaped leaves adorned with striking tricolor foliage — dark green marbled with cream and pale pink on the surface, with deep red-purple undersides revealed with every movement. No two leaves are alike: each new shoot creates its own distribution of colors, making every plant truly unique.
Native to the humid tropical forests of Brazil, this plant is botanically a Stromanthe sanguinea 'Triostar' — a relative of Calatheas in the Marantaceae family, with the same fascinating nyctinastic behavior. Its leaves fold up in the evening and open in the morning, a living movement shared by all plants in the Calathea & Maranta family.
Which Calathea variety should you choose?
The Calathea 'Triostar' stands out with its unique tricolor palette. Here is how it compares with the other Calatheas in the catalog:
- Calathea 'Triostar' (this plant) — long green, cream and pink leaves on the surface, with deep red-purple undersides. The most colorful and distinctly tricolor.
- Calathea Medallion — broad, round leaves with intricate green and silver medallion patterns and purple undersides. The most graphic with its round patterns.
- Calathea Makoyana — translucent leaves with light and dark green stained-glass patterns and purple undersides. The most transparent and artistic.
- Calathea Orbifolia — large, round leaves with regular silver stripes. The brightest and most refined.
- Calathea Ornata — dark green foliage with fine pink stripes. The most graphic in pink lines.
- Calathea Warscewiczii - velvety dark green foliage with a purple underside. The most velvety variety.
- Calathea Lancifolia - light green elongated foliage with dark green spots and a purple underside. The most distinctive elongated form.
Triostar is the only Calathea that combines three distinct colors on the upper side of its leaves - green, cream, and pink - in addition to the reddish-purple underside: a unique color complexity within the family.
Light & placement
Calathea 'Triostar' needs bright indirect light to maintain the intensity of its pink and cream areas - in insufficient light, new leaves gradually turn green. Direct sun burns the pink and cream parts within a few hours. Its high humidity requirements make it particularly comfortable in a bright, humid room such as a bathroom.
- Ideal placement: bright indirect light - north- or east-facing window, bright room without direct sun.
- Tolerates: light partial shade, naturally high ambient humidity.
- To avoid: direct sun, which burns the pink and cream areas, and dry air from heating.
- Temperature: 18–25 °C, without sudden fluctuations or drafts.
- Substrate: light, rich, and well-draining — universal potting soil with perlite.
If the pink areas fade on new leaves, move the plant closer to a window - bright indirect light activates the production of pink and cream pigments.
Watering & care
Triostar is sensitive to water quality - use limescale-free water to prevent brown edges from appearing on the leaves, a characteristic sign of damage caused by limescale or fluoride on Marantaceae plants.
- Watering: moderate — keep the substrate slightly moist without ever letting it become waterlogged.
- Frequency: about once a week in spring and summer; reduce slightly in winter.
- Water: low in limescale — use filtered water, rainwater or water that has been left to stand for 24 hours.
- Humidity: mist the foliage regularly or place the pot on damp clay pebbles — it prefers 60–70%.
- Drainage: essential — a pot with drainage holes is mandatory; empty the saucer after watering.
- Fertilizer: diluted liquid fertilizer for green plants, once a month in spring and summer.
Leaves that curl in on themselves are the Triostar's warning signal — water it as soon as you observe this behavior, before the edges turn brown and dry out irreversibly.
Decor ideas & plant combinations
The tricolor foliage of Calathea 'Triostar' is complex enough to serve as a focal point on its own — its pink, cream and green tones appear to change visually depending on the light at any given moment. To create a composition around it, use it as the cornerstone of a tropical atmosphere.
- In a Marantaceae duo: pair it with a Maranta with green, red and cream leaves — two plants that share the same nyctinastic movement, an animated duo that moves in rhythm and whose color palettes complement each other.
- In a bright bathroom: natural ambient humidity benefits it — place it in a pink ceramic relief decorative pot whose rosy tone harmonizes with the pink areas of the foliage.
- In a colorful trio: pair it with a Calathea Ornata and a Calathea Medallion for a composition made entirely of Marantaceae, with very different patterns — fine pink stripes, round medallion patterns and soft, tricolor variegation.
- Decorative pot and color harmony: the deep red-purple undersides of the leaves stand out particularly well against a matte pink Groovy decorative pot — a warm harmony between the plant's purple tones and the ceramic's powder pink.
Verdeia tips
- Use low-limescale water: the characteristic brown edges of Triostar disappear within a few generations of leaves as soon as you switch to filtered or rainwater — this is the simplest and most effective change for improving the appearance of the foliage.
- Maintain high ambient humidity: in a heated apartment during winter, mist the foliage 2 to 3 times a week or place the pot on a bed of damp clay pebbles — Triostar suffers from dry air caused by heating much more than classic Calatheas.
- Observe the leaves to assess its health: the leaves curl when the plant lacks water or humidity, and stretch toward the ground when they receive too much direct light — these signals make it possible to adjust the conditions before irreversible damage occurs.
Do not move the Triostar frequently — like all Stromanthe, it prefers a stable location and takes several weeks to adapt to a new position, potentially losing a few leaves in the meantime.
Technical specifications
- Botanical name: Stromanthe sanguinea 'Triostar'
- Common name: Calathea Triostar
- Family: Marantaceae
- Origin: Brazil
- Dimensions: H70 cm | Pot Ø19 cm
- Mature size: up to 80–120 cm indoors
- Light: bright indirect light to partial shade
- Substrate: light, rich, and well-draining — universal potting soil with perlite
- Watering: moderate — keep the substrate slightly moist, use low-limescale water
- Care: moderate
- Growth: moderate
- Toxicity: non-toxic
- Decorative style: Tropical / Colorful / Collection
- Special feature: tricolored green, cream, and pink foliage, deep red-purple undersides, nyctinastic leaves (day/night movement), each leaf unique
Each plant is unique: the photos show a representative example. The distribution and intensity of the pink, cream, and green tones naturally vary from one leaf to another and depending on the light.
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Every plant is hand-packed in a box specially designed for plants — secured, protected, ready to travel. It arrives in perfect condition, roots intact and foliage preserved, ready to take its place in your home.
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What should I do when my plant arrives?
Open your package as soon as you receive it and carefully remove the plant from its packaging. Let it acclimate for 24 hours in its new environment before watering. If it has been slightly stressed during transport, it will recover its shape after one or two days in the light.
What should I do if my plant arrives damaged?
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