Calathea, Orbifolia small garden The Prickly Pear "Baby Rita"

The Prickly Pear "Baby Rita" Cactus is an epiphytic (grows on trees or in rock formations out in nature) cactus that has paddle-shaped leaves with veryyyy sharp spines

some people even use hair ties on the leaves while doing maintenance to keep them out of the way

with a wide range of colorful variegations

Lemony yellow edged pure pink

This vibrant calathea had very long lanceolate leaves with alternating dark and light green stripes

Calathea, Orbifolia small garden The Prickly Pear "Baby Rita"Scientific Name: Goeppertia orbifolia Common Name: Round leaf prayer plant ***About 200 plants in the Calathea genus have recently been reclassified to the Goeppertia genus, but are still commonly known as Calathea*** The Calathea genus of plants is in the Marantacae family, which also includes Maranta & Ctenanthe. Many of these plants are interchangeably referred to as "Prayer Plants" due to their nyctinasty habits, which is the fancy word for leaves