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Caladium hortulanum

Caladium x hortulanum is the name for garden hybrid caladiums, derived mainly from C. bicolor. Many checklists treat it as a synonym of that species. Its needs are the same: warm, bright-shaded and moist while in leaf, with a dry tuber rest afterwards.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

It is a cultivated hybrid group with no wild habitat of its own. The parent C. bicolor is a tuberous geophyte of tropical American forest edges and clearings.

Not applicable; parent species mostly lowland (median 521 m).

ArgentinaBoliviaBrazilColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamaPeruSurinameVenezuela

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.