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Elephant Ear

Caladium bicolor ssp.

Description:

Green and pink variegated leaf with red stems. This is a young plant so there's no other leaves with color. The new leaves are just green.

Habitat:

Full shade in backyard with regular watering.

Notes:

I believe this is a type of Caladium

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2 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

It does look like it. Wow, there are a lot of varieties! Thanks Dan :)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

You're right, its Caladium. Could be a hybrid of C. bicolor.

Escondido, California, USA

Spotted on Oct 15, 2011
Submitted on Oct 15, 2011

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