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Equally suited to the \"Drama Queens\" — Calathea, Maranta, and Stromanthe — which need constant, even moisture without ever sitting wet, and to high-value propagation: unrooted nodes, wet sticks, and fresh cuttings that need sterile, oxygenated moisture to root without rotting. 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