Caladium Elephant Ear Plant
by Lingfai Leung
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Caladium Elephant Ear Plant
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Lingfai Leung
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Description
Caladium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear. There are over 1000 named cultivars of Caladium bicolor from the original South American plant.
Several species are grown as ornamental plants for their large, arrowhead-shaped leaves marked in varying patterns in white, pink, and red (somewhat resembling the unrelated coleus) and have been in cultivation in Europe since the late 18th century. The two forms most widely cultivated are called "fancy-leaved" and "lance-leaved". The former is the more commonly seen and is the traditional caladium of cultivation; the leaves are more heart-shaped. The latter has more lance-head-shaped leaves. Most Caladiums in cultivation grow to about 24 inches (60 cm) high and 24 inches (60 cm) wide, although dwarf varieties are now in cultivation.
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