Summary
Caladium praetermissum, the Hilo beauty elephant ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. Known only from cultivation, it is thought to be native to the New World Tropics. It is a tuberous geophyte reaching 1 m (3 ft), valued for its patterned leaves. Prior to its scientific description in 2009, it was sold as Alocasia 'Hilo Beauty'. More on Wikipedia ›
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About the genus · Caladium
Caladium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear, heart of Jesus, and angel wings. There are over 1000 named cultivars of Caladium bicolor from the original South American plant.
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Cultivation
Grouped as a tropical foliage plant, listed under the genus Caladium in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “tuberous geophyte”, “wet tropical”.
How this section is made
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Group. Listed under the genus Caladium in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “tuberous geophyte”, “wet tropical”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.
Climate across the habitat
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Related
Other Caladium 5 in the reference
Caladium bicolor Heart of Jesus Photo: CC BY, renjus box
Caladium humboldtii Dwarf Caladium Photo: CC BY, Enrique Salazar
Caladium schomburgkii Araceae Photo: CC BY, Diogo Luiz
Caladium smaragdinum Araceae Photo: CC BY, Jefferson Ferreira
Caladium steudnerifolium Araceae Photo: CC BY, Zihao Wang Names & registers
The record
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