Colocasio has massive leaves, much larger than caladium, but always in green with purple and black veining. |
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To winter over a caladium, put the tuber into storage immediately or pot up the whole plant and place it in a brightly lighted windowsill. |
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Before my wondering eyes the straggly but still stalwart pansies were ripped from their root systems and with lightning moves caladium bulbs took their place. |
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This is a caladium species, and when I say a species, I mean a plant that occurs exactly as you see in the forest, as opposed to a plant that's been bred by the hybridists. |
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And everywhere Dominican girls in tight-fitting rayon hung heavy in doorways lined with caladium. |
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Now the smell of Blue Mountain coffee and the reggae sound of Bob Marley drift through the brightly colored building and out over a lush array of cannas, castor beans, caladium, passion flower vines and hibiscus. |
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Mrs. Senior lifts caladium, elephant ear and dahlia bulbs and stores them in the cellar, where a large ornamental banana tree also spends the cold months near a window. |
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While smaller plants like caladium, marigolds and coleus are planted in-ground, many of the larger specimens grow in an assortment of brightly colored pots, jars and other recycled vessels. |
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By late January, the caladium is going to look tired and will need to rest before the tuber is repotted in the spring or planted in the garden after the soil has warmed up. |
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Some of the more well-known members are taro, Anthurium, Dieffenbachia, Caladium, skunk cabbage, and Philodendron. |
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Those like Bromeliad or Lady Slipper Orchid should be watered once weekly and a Caladium every three days during the summer. |
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