Hirt's Red Prayer Plant - Maranta - Easy to Grow House Plant - 4" Pot

I bought this as a gift for a coworker and it was my first time ordering a plant online. 🪴 Nevertheless I was a bit skeptical. I was a new plant mom myself so trying to advise someone about where to buy plants was not my forte. The plant arrived during a torrential rainstorm with no hiccups. Hirt's had packaged this plant with care and whoa was I surprised. She arrived in perfect health with all leaves intact, and the perfect size. The picture on the right was fresh out the box. Six weeks later, I still have not given her to my coworker. 🫠 But I went ahead and ordered her another one, which should arrive in a few days. My prayer plant 😁 has been potted and growing like weeds. I had to find the right space in my house for her, I can't wait to see what she is going to do.

I am so disappointed with this purchase. This is the most pitiful plant I have ever received. The plant came with two leaves, one already soggy and dead the other mostly dried up, stuck inside a nursery pot with over watered soil. What I received is a “rooted cutting” without mature roots rather than a plant. It looks like a cutting stuffed in soil. The plant came with two leaves on a small stem with two tiny roots. The packaging was also unsatisfactory, with 2/3 of the potting soil upended and in the bottom of the shipping box. The soil was extremely wet when I opened the package and completely separated from plant. The plant was practically hanging out of the soil by a single root. The one remaining leaf is mostly dried up even though the soil was still moist. Since the plant was hanging out of the soil, I could easily see that the poor plant has only two small roots. I have purchased plants from Amazon before and they have looked great, not the case here. I will try to see if I can get a root system going with the tiny stem I received. If company would send me a respectable plant, I would give it a positive review.

The plant arrived much quicker than I expected. I don't really know anything about plants, but my neighbor said it looked healthy, except for 1 small leaf was yellow. She advised me to remove it, so I did. As far as I can tell, it looks really good. I'm hoping it will be easy to care for & thrive in my apartment. Update 12/14/2016 Despite my best efforts, the poor plant is looking terrible. Some of the leaves have come off, some look almost see through, and all in all pretty wilted & sad looking. I did some research, and this plant apparently needs humidity. I'm in upstate NY, & there is barely any humidity in my apartment. So, I bought a humidifier, and have also been boiling water on the stove in an effort to get the humidity up. But I can't get it above 36%, and that just doesn't seem to be enough. It's not completely dead yet, but it's not looking like it will make it. I probably should have done more research before buying, so it's my own fault. But I thought I should update in case it might help someone else. Update (again) 12/25/2016. Somehow, the plant is looking much better now. I'm keeping it right next to a humidifier, & using a pebble tray.

Beautiful plant! It arrived alive and has vibrant colors. I have a green house, and I grow exotic plants like orchids with great success. Con: The newer growth on the plant looks stunted. I'm not sure what is is, so it will be kept in isolation until this goes away for fear of it getting on my other prize plants. I will post an update in about a month. Mark this as helpful if you found this useful! 🌞 As always stay blessed! Update: It's been 2 months now. The first month and unbocing was a hard acclimation period. It looked really unhappy, but then I moved. During August it managed to grow two new leaves. The updated pictures have 2 new green leaves. I am happy that I had the skills to make this papa come back to life.

The plant was ok though smaller and not as lush as posted. The delivery of the plant took a veeerry long time. I have message the seller several times with very few responses received on the status of the purchase. It took around close to 4 weeks or so until i have received the plant. There's delay in shipment without any advice until i have to follow-up with the seller. The plant has only 3 leaves on it and 1 is broken but still attached to the stem. For one that is truly looking for this kind of plant and have the patience and skill to grow and nourish it back.... go for it. If not, i would not strong recommend buying it online but rather look for local nurseries that may have this variety available for sale.

Incredibly satisfied with this purchase. I normally shy away from ordering plants on line but I took a chance and I'm glad I did. Plant was healthy and larger than expected, also very well packaged. Would definately order from this seller again.

Update a month later. My initial assessment wasn’t fair. I see now that with mailed plants the loss of a few leaves or a few damaged leaves on arrival is fine. What matters is that the plant is well established. This plant was indeed well rooted and healthy. It was repotted to a larger pot after four weeks. It has been thriving and shooting new leaves in its new location with the standard care (regular watering and a tray with pebbles with water to provide humidity). ***** Previous review : The plant is just ok. About four healthy leaves, as many were dried up and had to go. Barely rooted at all. So far it hasn’t perked up. Was packaged fine and was moist on arrival so I can only guess that prior care was not great. I’m sure it will be okay with some tlc, that’s kind of a chance you take with mailed plants.

Save your money, buy from someone else NOT JMBamboo! I am so very disappointed with this purchase! At first, the plant seemed to be well packaged. It came in a nice box with packaging peanuts. The plant was in a brown lunch bag and upon opening the bag I discovered a pot upside down with spilled soil all over. The "plant" consisted of 4 leaves, one if them burnt, torn, and destroyed. All of the leaves have not much root system, one not at all. It's like someone tore leaves from a plant and stuffed them in a little pot. I put the leaves in jar of fertilized water. I hope they grow a strong root system so I can plant them "correctly" as they should have been treated in the beginning! I am disabled, in a wheelchair, and don't own a car. I enjoy the convience of shopping online. Usually I am extremely satisfied with my many purchases from Amazon. This is my first negative comment. I would return the plant however, this is nonreturnable. I think $11 in a lot too much money to pay for 4 leaves. Update:. The leaves shriveled and died within four days. What a waste!

Got my prayer plant in the mail today. Broken and one yellow leaf. Hoping I can get it healthy and the broken piece will root.