How to tend a Caladium bicolor

Also known as: Arum bicolor Aiton, Arum pellucidum Fulchir ex Kunth, Arum pulchrum Salisb., Arum vermitoxicum Vell., Xanthosoma sylvestre Bello, Caladium albopunctatissimum Jacob-Makoy ex H.Karst., Caladium amabile Verschaff., Caladium amoenum Engl., Caladium appunianum Engl., Caladium argyrospilum Lem., Caladium barilletii Anon., Caladium barraquinii Hérincq, Caladium bicolor var. albomaculatum Engl., Caladium bicolor var. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. bohemicum Engl., Caladium bicolor var. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. chantinii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. curwadlii Engl., Caladium bicolor var. devosianum (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. duchartrei Engl., Caladium bicolor var. eckhartii Engl., Caladium bicolor var. enkeanum (K.Koch) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. hendersonii Engl., Caladium bicolor var. houbyanym Engl., Caladium bicolor var. houlletii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. ketteleri Engl., Caladium bicolor var. kochii Engl., Caladium bicolor var. kramerianum Engl., Caladium bicolor var. laucheanum (K.Koch) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. leopoldii Engl., Caladium bicolor var. lindenii Engl., Caladium bicolor var. macrophyllum (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. marginatum (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. mirabile (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. neumannii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. pellucidum (DC.) Kunth, Caladium bicolor var. perrieri (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. pictum (DC.) Kunth, Caladium bicolor var. regale (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. roseo-maculatum Engl., Caladium bicolor var. rubellum (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. rubicundum Engl., Caladium bicolor var. rubrivenium Engl., Caladium bicolor var. sieboldii Engl., Caladium bicolor var. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. stangeanum (K.Koch) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. surinamense (Miq.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. transparens Engl., Caladium bicolor var. vellozoanum (Schott) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. wightii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium brongniartii Lem., Caladium chantinii Lem., Caladium concolor K.Koch, Caladium connaertii Jacob-Makoy, Caladium curwadlii Engl., Caladium devosianum Lem., Caladium discolor Bosse, Caladium duchartrei Engl., Caladium dussii Sieber & Voss, Caladium eckhartii Lem. ex Engl., Caladium enkeanum K.Koch, Caladium firmulum Schott, Caladium gaerdtii K.Koch & Fintelm., Caladium griseo-argenteum Engl., Caladium haageanum K.Koch, Caladium bicolor var. haematostigma Kunth, Caladium hendersonii Engl., Caladium hortulanum Bridsey, Caladium houbyanum Engl., Caladium houlletii Lem., Caladium ketteleri Engl., Caladium kochii K.Koch, Caladium kramerianum K.Koch ex Stange, Caladium laucheanum K.Koch, Caladium leopoldii Engl., Caladium lilliputiense Rodigas, Caladium lindenii Stange, Caladium macrophyllum Lem., Caladium marginatum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché, Caladium marmoratum L.Mathieu ex Bosse, Caladium martersteigianum K.Koch ex Stange, Caladium medioradiatum L.Linden & Rodigas, Caladium mirabile Lem., Caladium mooreanum Engl., Caladium neumannii Lem., Caladium ottonis Stange, Caladium pallidinervium Engl., Caladium pallidum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché, Caladium pellucidum DC., Caladium perrieri Lem., Caladium pictum DC., Caladium punctatissimum Stange, Caladium purdieanum Schott, Caladium pusillum K.Koch, Caladium regale Lem., Caladium reichenbachianum Stange, Caladium rougieri Verschaff., Caladium rubellum K.Koch & Fintelm., Caladium rubricaule Lem., Caladium rubrovenium hort. ex Engl., Caladium sagittifolium Sieber ex Engl., Caladium sieboldii Engl., Caladium sororium Schott, Caladium splendens K.Koch & Fintelm., Caladium spruceanum Schott, Caladium stangeanum K.Koch, Caladium surinamense Miq., Caladium thelemanni Verschaff., Caladium thripedestum Lem., Caladium vellozoanum Schott, Caladium verschaffeltii Lem., Caladium wagneri Engl., Caladium wightii Lem., Caladium bicolor f. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. chantinii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. devosianum (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. haematostigma (Kunth) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. macrophyllum (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. mirabile (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. neumannii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. perrieri (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. regale (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. robustum Jonker, Caladium bicolor f. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. vellozoanum (Schott) Engl., Caladium bicolor var. vermitoxicum (Vell.) Stellfeld, Caladium bicolor f. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium bicolor f. wightii (Lem.) Engl., Caladium jacquinii Ten., Cyrtospadix bicolor (Aiton) Britton & P.Wilson, Alocasia rex N.E.Br., Alocasia roezlii N.E.Br., Caladium baraquini Hérincq, Caladium haematostigma Kunth, Caladium hortulanum Birdsey, Caladium bicolor f. argyrospilum (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. brongniartii (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. chantinii (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. devosianum (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. macrophyllum (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. mirabile (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. neumannii (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. perrieri (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. regale (Lem.) Vent., Caladium bicolor f. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Vent., Caladium barraquinii Lem., Caladium bicolor f. surinamense (Miq.) Stehlé, Caladium bicolor f. rubicundum Stehlé, Arum vermitoxicum Vell. ex Kunth, Caladium bicolor var. pellucidum (DC.) Engl., Caladium bicolor subvar. rosaceum Engl., Caladium formosum Verschaff., Caladium sanguinolentum Van Geert, Caladium hardii W.Bull ex J.Dix, Caladium punctatum F.Dietr., Caladium splendidens Veitch ex J.Dix, Caladium chelsonii Van Geert, Caladium schaelleri W.Bull ex J.Dix, Caladium camoensii Van Geert, Caladium vandenheckei Verschaff., Caladium cannaertii Verschaff., Caladium baraquinii W.Bull ex J.Dix, Caladium roseum Stange, Caladium strangeanum K.Koch ex Stange, Caladium albicans Stange, Caladium wallisii Stange, Caladium bicolor f. punctatissumum Stange, Caladium bicolor subvar. donizettii Engl., Caladium bicolor var. vellozianum (Schott) Engl., Caladium rubrovenium Verschaff., Caladium lilliputianum André, Caladium bicolor unranked splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) E.J.Lowe & W.Howard, Caladium auritum Jacob-Makoy, Caladium haematostigma (Kunth) Stange

Watering

Likes wet environments, water thoroughly when soil is dry, avoid saturated water

Sunlight

Likes half shade, grows in places with scattered light

Soil

Clay soil or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply 1-2 times monthly

Pruning

Remove aged tissues, dead, rotten, diseased leaves timely

About this plant

Origin
South America Amazon River Valley
Category
Araceae, Caladium
Size
Diameter ≥ 10 cm, height ≥ 15 cm
Blooming period
Flowering period April, peak growth stage in May-September
Flower colors
white, leaf color red or mixed color
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