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Calathea Green Lipstick Plant Live Indoor Potted | 7cm Pot

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Imagine a leaf that's a full performance on both sides — glossy deep green with crisp white veins facing you, and a rich burgundy-red underneath that flashes every time the breeze catches it. That's what makes the Calathea 'Green Lipstick' different from every other Calathea on the shelf — that red underside paired with round, heart-shaped leaves and a clean white vein pattern is its signature, not just a detail. Like all prayer plants, it folds its leaves upward at night in a gentle gesture that Indian households find quietly charming — put it on a study desk or a bedroom shelf and you'll catch it mid-prayer more than once. Comes in a 7cm pot, ideal for desks, bedside tables, or any cosy corner that needs a living accent.
Watering

Water when the top layer of soil is dry.

Light

Bright, indirect light brings out the best in the Green Lipstick — the white veins sharpen and new leaves emerge more frequently. It can manage in lower light conditions, but keep it away from direct sun, which will bleach and curl the glossy leaves.

Pet Friendliness

Keep out of pet reach — This plant and your furry friends cannot become the best buds.

Fertilizer

Feed occasionally with a balanced fertilizer during the growing season.

Also Known As: Prayer Plant, Goeppertia roseopicta 'Green Lipstick'

The Calathea Green Lipstick plant arrives with large, glossy round leaves — each one traced with bright white veins on a deep green surface, and flipped to reveal a warm burgundy-red underside that most people genuinely don't expect. It's that two-sided drama, in a compact 7cm pot, that makes it an instant conversation piece on any desk or shelf.

Color may appear slightly different in person due to photographic lighting and monitor settings.

About the Calathea Green Lipstick Plant

The Calathea 'Green Lipstick' belongs to the Marantaceae family — better known as the prayer plant family — and shares the family's most captivating trait: leaves that move. During the day they spread flat to catch available light, and as evening falls they fold upward, almost like hands coming together in prayer. This isn't a myth or a marketing phrase — it's a genuine botanical behaviour called nyctinasty, and once you see it happen, you'll understand why this plant earns its place indoors. The round to heart-shaped leaves have smooth, slightly wavy edges and a glossy finish that catches light beautifully, while the contrasting red undersides make the Green Lipstick variety visually distinct from most other Calathea types you'd come across. Everything in the Marantaceae family is completely pet-safe, which makes this a worry-free choice for homes with cats or dogs.

Calathea Green Lipstick Benefits for Your Home

Low Light Tolerance — Calathea for Dim Corners

The Calathea Green Lipstick can manage in low light, which makes it one of the more flexible houseplants for Indian apartments where natural light is often limited to one side of the flat. That said, it responds noticeably to bright, indirect light — the white veins deepen, the red undersides intensify, and new leaves push out more confidently. A spot near a north or east-facing window is close to ideal.

Pet-Safe Indoor Plant — Safe Around Cats and Dogs

The entire Marantaceae family, including this variety, carries no toxicity concerns for pets. If your cat decides to investigate a leaf or your dog gets curious, there's nothing to worry about — no stomach upset, no vet call. For Indian households where pets roam freely indoors, this is a genuine relief and a clear reason to choose this plant over several other popular varieties.

Compact Size — Best Plant for Office Desk or Study Table

In a 7cm starter pot, the Green Lipstick is sized just right for a desk, a study table, or a windowsill shelf. It won't crowd your workspace but it adds enough visual weight — with those bold glossy leaves and white veins — to actually change the feel of the surface it sits on. A small plant that looks bigger than it is.

Beginner-Friendly Houseplant — Easy Care for New Plant Parents

This is genuinely one of the easier Calathea varieties to keep happy. It doesn't demand constant attention, tolerates occasional lapses in routine, and signals its needs clearly — leaves that curl or droop are a simple cue to check soil moisture. For anyone starting out with plants in India, it's a rewarding first Calathea that builds confidence without punishing small mistakes.

Calathea Green Lipstick as a Bedroom Plant in India

The bedroom is one of the most natural spots for this plant in an Indian home. It's quiet enough not to dominate the room, the glossy leaves look particularly striking in the soft light of a bedside lamp, and that nightly leaf-folding habit feels like the plant is winding down for the night alongside you. In cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, or Delhi where apartment bedrooms often have limited light, the Green Lipstick's tolerance for lower light conditions makes it a practical choice — not just an aesthetic one. It also works beautifully on a study shelf or in a home office corner where you want life and colour without anything high-maintenance.

Also Known As: Prayer Plant, Rose-Painted Calathea (family variety), Goeppertia roseopicta 'Green Lipstick'

Why Chhajed Garden

This plant is grown in-house at our nursery in cocopeat — which means the roots arrive healthy, well-nourished, and ready to settle into your home — backed by a 7-day replacement guarantee so you can order with complete peace of mind. Rooted in Sanjay Nursery's 40+ years of growing expertise, every plant that leaves our nursery has been cared for by people who genuinely know plants, not just stock them.

There's something quietly satisfying about a plant that performs twice over — elegant on the surface, dramatic underneath, and alive enough to fold itself to sleep each night.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions

The most common cause is overwatering — if the soil stays wet for too long, the roots suffocate and the leaves yellow from the base up. Check that the soil is about halfway dry before watering again, and make sure the pot has drainage.

It is strictly an indoor plant — it needs protection from direct sunlight and harsh weather, both of which will scorch and curl the leaves quickly. A bright, indirect light spot indoors, away from AC vents and direct afternoon sun, suits it best.

It belongs to the Marantaceae family, whose members fold their leaves upward at night in a movement called nyctinasty — resembling hands folding in prayer. By morning the leaves open flat again to catch available light.

The Green Lipstick is distinguished by its round, glossy leaves with crisp white veins on top and rich red undersides — a combination you won't find on most other Calathea varieties like Orbifolia or Medallion, which have no red coloration underneath.

Keep it in bright, indirect light, water when the soil is about halfway dry, and avoid placing it near AC vents or in direct sun — both strip moisture from the leaves and cause browning at the tips.

Calathea varieties in India typically range from a few hundred rupees for small starter pots to higher prices for larger, rarer cultivars — the Green Lipstick in a 7cm starter pot sits at an accessible entry point for a genuinely distinctive variety.

Brown tips on this variety are almost always caused by dry air or fluoride in tap water — try using filtered water or water that has been left out overnight, and keep the plant away from direct AC airflow which drops humidity sharply.