Calathea timothei is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador.
Description Calathea timothei is a tall plant (around 2 to 3 meters) with longs, huge, glossy green leaves with green and red petioles and a green red long pulvinus. The vein on the underside of the leaves is bright red. The inflorescence of Calathea timothei is made of multiple bracts spirally arranged around a very short, red peduncle. The inflorescence is usually emerging from a node of a cauline leaf. The bracts are of an intense red and the flowers are small and yellow.
It is a species which inflorescence differs from the usual distichious bracts like Calathea crotalifera. Similar species that share a similar inflorescence in the genus are Calathea asplundii, Calathea confusa, Calathea croatii and Calathea guzmanioides.
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