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Scientific Name: | Caladium bicolor |
Common Name: | caladium, angel wings |
Family Name: | Araceae |
Origin: | Central America, South America |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Oval - vertical |
Texture: | Coarse |
Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Indoor plant |
Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire |
Flowers: | Spadix (& spathe), White, Apr-May |
Fruit: | Berry (true), White, Jul-Aug |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves heart-shaped, most blades 20-40cm long x 10-20cm wide, many cultivars available in various leaf colour combinations. |