Red Caladium Flower

Features of caladium flowers.

Red caladium flower. In many cases cultivars are sold without names. This plant is known to have no stems. They are often known by the common name elephant ear which they share with the closely related genera alocasia colocasia and xanthosoma heart of jesus 3 and angel wings. Hardly anyone is going to purchase caladium for their flowers but they do produce an interesting bloom from larger tubers.

As previously stated the flower like bud on a caladium is a spathe which is a small modified leaf that sheathes the inner reproductive organs. Bicolor which is native to south america. The foliage is beautifully designed in pink or red splotches. They can be found in many shades of green pink white and red.

Varieties of caladium. Some books list these plants as c. This strap leaf caladium variety has creamy white small to medium sized heart shaped leaves adorned in green margins. The leaves of the caladium plant have distinguished midribs with contrasting margins and many different types of patterns like veined or striped.

There are literally too many cultivars to keep track of caladium cultivars are green red pink white even orange. Inside the curved spathe is a spadix. Almost all cultivars are descended from c. Caladium k ə ˈ l eɪ d i əm is a genus of flowering plants in the family araceae.