Zantedeschia elliottiana

The golden calla, a tuberous aroid with bright yellow spathes and white-spotted leaves, and a main parent of the coloured calla hybrids. It grows in the summer-rainfall highveld of northeast South Africa, so it wants sun and plenty of water in summer and a dry, cool winter dormancy.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

Moist grassland, vleis and seepage areas in the Mpumalanga highlands, where tubers sit in deep soil that is wet in summer and dry in winter. The wild plant is rarely recorded and its exact wild origin has long been uncertain.

Climate sites sit at about 1,500 to 2,100 m on the highveld escarpment.

Northern Provinces

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.