The Tropical and Colorful Caladium Plant

Either way you'll be happy you added these plants of the rainforest to your home.

Caladium originates in the jungles of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and South America and come in many different varieties like aaron caladium, candidum caladium, caladium bulb, elephant ear caladium, fannie munson caladium, rose bud caladium and so many more.

This plant with its amazing colors will add lots of color to your home potted sitting as if its the center of attention, the colors range from green and pink to white and green, burgundy and pink and pink with green, it goes on for ever but I will show you house plants pictures of these varieties.

These plants are grown as low light house plants and should be kept out of direct sunlight although they can tolerate it, in their natural habitat in the Amazon jungles it is grown underneath canopies of large trees with lots of moisture.

Growers and farmers of this plant I think have been able to get it to adjust better in other conditions and that’s why it has evolved into house plants and easy to grow plants in general.

So don’t be afraid to growing caladiums you'll be glad you did once you see the tropical color and texture they will bring to your home and garden!


These pictures are courtesy of Caladium Online, they have been growing these wonderful plants for three generations in Lake Placid Florida and their crops of these plants are amazing, Check them out at http://www.caladiumsonline.com/varieties.htm

Here is a List Of Plant Names For The Caladium Plant

Caladium White Queen

Caladium - Complete Collection - $ 68.88 The Complete Caladium Collection, 'Caladium x hortulanum', is an asssortment for any Caladium collector. This assortment of Caladium bulbs includes three of each of our eleven featured cultivars. The 33 bulbs will fill your shady garden with a bounty of colorful foliage. Plant them in groups to accentuate each of the cultivars' unique leaf colors and patterns. Or mix them together for a patchwork of pink, green, red, and white. Plant them in moist soil with plenty of fertilizer to promote plenty of large and colorful leaves. Deadhead the flowers when they appear to prolong the development of leaves throughout the summer.

Brandy Wine

Pink Beauty

Aaron

White Christmas

Fanniemunson

Candidum

Rose Bud

Red Flash

Freida Hemple

Poecite

This species Caladium which have large leaves are called Daladium Hortulanum, but others are known as Picturatum then there is a dwarf version as well that’s called Caladium Humboldtii.

These beautiful plants don’t take much to identify them because of their color and detail.

These plants prefer partial to full shade and lots of moisture.

Using fertilizer will help to promote a fuller more lush plant, time released fertilizers are usually best, Caladium online suggest a 6-6-6 fertilizers.

Always keep the soil moist, remember these are rainforest plants that live on the Amazon river banks.

They need to be kept in places where the heat doesn’t get below 60 degrees.

In the Early and Late parts of the winter they may be hard to get, but some online nurseries will take orders and are usually shipped in February.

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