Common name: Fancy-leaved Caladium
Family: Araceae, Arum
Height x width: 12-24" x 12-18"
Foliage: heart-shaped, large leaves to 12" long, held on long petioles directly from tubers; variously colored white, pink, red, green or combinations and marbles
Flowers: inconspicuous spathe
Light: bright to moderate
Temperature: warm
Watering: well-watered, don't allow to dry
Fertility: moderate
Humidity: humid
Soil: average
Pests and Problems: tuber rot, leaf spots, root-knot nematodes, aphids and spider mites indoors
Growth habit, uses: foliage indoors, outdoors in zones 9-10 in shade
Other interest: formerly known as C. x hortulanum; native to tropical America; much breeding of new hybrids has occurred in the past decade; from a local tropical name kaladi for these plants
Other culture: hold tubers in sand while dormant, or leave in pot for winter
Propagation: spring division of tubers
Cultivars:
A few of the more popular and representative include the following.
| Cultivar | foliage |
| 'Candida' | luminous white, dark veins |
| 'Fanny Munson' | pale pink, deep pink midrib, green veins and edge |
| 'Freida Hemple' | bright red, wide green margins |
| 'Gingerland' | gray, white ribs, dark green edges, maroon spots |
| 'John Reed' | red and green marble |
| 'June Bride' | silvery white, green veins |
| 'Little Miss Muffet' | lime green, burgundy speckles, bright red veins |
| 'Pink Beauty' | pink, red veins, bright green margins speckled pink |
| 'Pink Symphony' | pale pink, bright green midrib and veins |
| 'Red Flash' | green, white marked, red veins, wide green margins |
| 'Rosebud' | pink and green, pink midribs |
| 'White Christmas' | snow white, green veins |
| 'White Queen' | white, deep green margins, red veins |
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