Caladium
Caladium “Candidum” (Allure)
- 🤍 Near-white heart-shaped leaves veined in deep green — they glow when backlit
- 🌤️ Bright shade or filtered light only; direct sun scorches the white tissue in days
- 💧 Keep consistently moist through growth; stop almost entirely once leaves yellow
- 🌡️ Temperature Tolerance: 12°C – 35°C (days 28–35°C with nights 22–26°C; chilling injury below 18°C, tuber damaged below 7°C)
- 📐 Clump of 30–45 cm through the warm months, grown from a tuber
- 🏆 Dies back fully in winter and returns stronger each spring
Caladium Praetermissum (Alocasia ‘Hilo Beauty’)
- 🎨 Irregular cream camouflage splashed across deep matt green — no two leaves alike
- 🌤️ Bright indirect light; direct midday sun scorches the cream areas
- 💧 Evenly moist in growth, letting the top 2 cm dry; much drier when dormant
- 🌡️ Temperature Tolerance: 12°C – 35°C (days 28–35°C with nights 22–26°C; chilling injury below 18°C, damage below 7°C)
- 📐 Clumping tropical aroid 45–60 cm tall, grown from a tuber
- 🏆 Dies back in cool weather and returns from the tuber each spring
