Caladium Vent. is tuberous genus in the Araceae family grown for their ornamental leaves, which are often brightly patterned or colored. They thrive in partially shaded conditions, but can take more light if the soil is moist enough. Their tubers rot readily in cold, moist soils, so they're often dug and stored warm and dry during the winter.
Caladium 'Gingerland' is a lance-leafed or strap-leafed hybrid having green-edged white leaves with green and red splotches. Photos taken August 2007 by Jay Yourch.
Caladium × hortulanum Birdsey are hybrids of Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent. with colorful heart-shaped leaves.
'Carolyn Wharton' has red veins and pink mottling. Photos taken August 2007 by Jay Yourch.
'Florida Cardinal' has red leaves with dark green edges. Photos taken August 2007 by Jay Yourch.
'Florida Sunrise' has red veins with white mottling. Photos taken August 2007 by Jay Yourch.
Caladium humboldtii (Raf.) Schott is native to Venezuela and has small, heart-shaped, dark green leaves with bright white blotches. Height range: 25-30 cm. Photo taken August 2007 by Jay Yourch.
Caladium palacioanum is native to Amazonia Ecuador. It is confined to the Serrania de Cutucu, where it grows along stream banks. It is a distinctively beautiful plant, recently introduced. The name of this plant is "unresolved" and is not found in IPNI and thus does not always show up in taxonomic databases. There is a species, Caladium palaciosii Croat & L.P.Hannon, distributed from Ecuador to Peru and this may be the correct name for these plants. The plants like moist to wet conditions and are evergreen. Height range: 15-30 cm. The photos below were taken by Dylan Hannon.
Caladium spp. is a category that includes photos of various unidentified/unnamed species.
This species is from Colombia, near Buenaventura on the Pacific slope. Rainfall here is about 10-12 m per year! The plants like moist to wet conditions and are evergreen. Photos were taken by Dylan Hannon.
This species is from Ecuador. It looks and behaves more like an Alocasia. The plants like moist to wet conditions and are evergreen. Photos were taken by Dylan Hannon.
