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Kell wrote:
OK, I found the name tag Calathea insignis so I got that part right. And it is tagged from Berkeley Botanical Garden.

All I can say is it is hard to know the truth if you are not an expert like I am not and evidently it is hard to know if you are an expert like Berkeley Bot. LOL.

As far as google and another recent plant ID on it ( http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/805904/ ), you really can't go by Google I found. On this one, Calathea insignis, I found 4 photos that were similar to the one I posted labeled Calathea insignis too. And 5 photos on there were from TopTropicals with the bright leaf that they labeled with 2 names, Calathea insignis and Calathea lancifolia. LOL. What is a girl to do?
LOL

So what is right??

All I can say if your suggestor is knowledgeable on these in his own right, go for it but if he is just going by google, that is not necessarily reliable at all.