A beutiful, small Caladium humboldtii Schott has very thin, arrow-shaped leaves with entire leaf margin dark green and irregular white patches. Leaves are borne on long petioles without a stem
The genus name Caladium comes from from Malay kěladi, an aroid plant.
Caladium humboldtii
Name: Caladium humboldtii Schott
Type: perennial
Form: Tuber geophyte
Family: Araceae
Native Range: S. Venezuela to N. Brazil
Zone: 11-12
Habitat: Premontane wet forest, and Premontane rain forest life zones.
Height: 30 cm
Spread: 30 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeTaxon identifiers: PlantList-ID : kew-28872; IPNI plant ID : 86359-1; Tropicos ID : 2102166; GBIF taxonKey : 2868514; Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1082608; iNaturalist taxon ID : 141502; TAXREF ID : 629225; WCSPF ID : 28872; Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86359-1; IRMNG ID : 11291069; CAB ID : 78360; World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000741270; Open Tree of Life ID : 3999003
Synonyms: = Caladium argyrites Lem. = Caladium humboldtii var. myriostigma (K.Koch) Engl. = Caladium myriostigma K.Koch = Podospadix humboldtii Raf.