Caladium Bicolor Indoor

The genus caladium indigenous to south america.

Caladium bicolor indoor. Caladiums caladium bicolor add color to your garden from spring through fall. Caladium florida clown s heart shaped leaves that have a combination of green pink red and white flecks on the leaves. Most often on the shelves there are large leaved relentlessly producing leaves almost all year round famous for contrasting marble patterns on the leaves hybrid varieties of caladium bicolor. There are literally too many cultivars to keep track of caladium cultivars are green red pink white even orange.

Caladium angel wings and elephant ears a name shared by several different species of large leaf tropical plants. Find a caladium florida clown near you filter by type florists breeders growers traders. Flowering and developing seeds is any flowering plant s priority number one. Almost all cultivars are descended from c.

Can be grown as an annual or houseplant elsewhere. A northern or eastern window is usually the best exposure. Bicolor which is native to south america. In indoor plants caladiums are mainly hybrid varietal plants in which even the original species are not always indicated.

Humidity is crucial to caladium houseplant care as the tubers are native to south american tropical forests and produce seasonal foliage during the rainy warm season. Indoor caladium plants require a medium light area with protection from midday sun which will scorch the leaves. How to care for caladium indoors. Perennial in zones 9 11.

The wild plants grow to 40 90cm 15 35 inch tall with leaves mostly 15 45cm 6 18 inch long and broad and have subtle white flowers. Flowers are not caladium s main attraction and they will rarely flower indoors belonging to araceae family its flowers have typical look similar to other family members as peace lily spathiphyllum or dumb canes dieffenbachia actually in case it does develop a flower the advise is to remove it. They grow in open areas of the forest and on the banks of rivers and go dormant during the dry season.