How to prune goeppertia bella (calathea bella)

Any time of year as needed. Cut individual leaf petioles cleanly at soil level with sterilised scissors. If only the leaf tip is brown, trim just the affected tip following the leaf's natural shape to keep it looking natural.

As needed, roughly monthly. Goeppertia bella (Calathea bella) needs only cosmetic pruning. Trim yellowed, brown-tipped, or damaged leaves back to the base of their stem. This clumping prayer plant does not require shaping or hard pruning — just routine tidying to keep foliage clean and healthy-looking throughout the year.

Cut individual leaf petioles cleanly at soil level with sterilised scissors. If only the leaf tip is brown, trim just the affected tip following the leaf's natural shape to keep it looking natural.