Calathea Compact Star is desired for its ornamental foliage and is mainly grown indoors by many plant lovers but can be grown outdoors as ground covers. However, Calathea Compact Star is a trading name or mistakenly spoken name for Ctenanthe Setosa compact star. Many sellers call Ctenanthe Setosa as Calathea Compact star due to their resemblance with Calatheas, but Setosa belongs to a different Genus Ctenanthe commonly known as Never Never plants. However, they all are prayer plants belonging to the Marantaceae family.