Bring bold tropical foliage into your home with this set of 2 Calathea lancifolia 'Rattlesnake' live plants. Known for its long, wavy leaves featuring distinctive dark green markings and rich purple undersides, this popular tropical houseplant adds striking texture and color to indoor spaces. Its upright growth habit makes it an excellent choice for decorative containers, offices, and shaded indoor environments.
Each listing includes 2 healthy live plants grown in 4-inch nursery pots with fully established root systems. Plants are shipped in their nursery pots to help minimize transplant stress during shipping. Please do not remove or disturb the plants from their pots immediately after arrival, as allowing them to acclimate helps reduce transplant shock.
Natural variation in leaf pattern, color, and plant size is expected, making each plant unique.
Shipping Size & Condition
- Includes 2 Calathea lancifolia 'Rattlesnake' live plants
- Grown in 4-inch nursery pots
- Ships in the nursery pots
- Fully established root systems
- Carefully packaged for safe shipping
- Natural variation in foliage color, pattern, and plant size should be expected
Note: The generic shipping notice regarding 2-inch nursery pots and bare-root shipping does not apply to this listing. These plants are shipped in their 4-inch nursery pots.
Plant Condition Disclosure:
Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.
Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.
Important Note:
You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.
- Includes 2 Calathea lancifolia 'Rattlesnake' live plants
- Distinctive patterned foliage with purple leaf undersides
- Fully established root systems
- Grown in 4-inch nursery pots
- Ships in the nursery pots
- Ideal for indoor containers and tropical plant collections
- Allow plants to acclimate before repotting
- Carefully packaged for safe shipping
- Each plant naturally varies in leaf pattern and color
- 2 live Calathea lancifolia 'Rattlesnake' plants
- 4-inch nursery pots
- Potting media
Common Name: Rattlesnake Plant
Scientific Name: Goeppertia insignis (formerly Calathea lancifolia)
Plant Type: Tropical Foliage Houseplant
Life Cycle: Perennial
Flower/Fruit Color: Small white to yellow flowers (rare indoors)
Sunlight: Bright indirect light to low light
Soil: Well-draining, moisture-retentive potting mix
Water: Keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged
USDA Zone: 10–12