r/Caladiums

She’s my first Caladium and she had gotten pretty big and became root bound so thought it would have been a good time to repot but i didn’t have a bigger planter so separated them into smaller pots. The other two are just as limp but not as crucial as this guy
*the second photo was her original form! i fear i ruined her 💔

So pretty. Never planted bulbs before. Planted 5. Seems only one succeeded, but it looks pretty. Probably planted the others upside down or something.

First year planting these and I’m officially obsessed! Pictures don’t do them justice 🥰

Acquired my first Caladium Bicolors yesterday, under the cultivar name “green/white” 🙄

Absolutely lovely plants, but I’d love a proper ID! The firsts (pic 1, 2) has a much darker brown/black stem, and the leaves are green/white with a blush of pink. The second (pic 3, 4) stem is more regular/light brown. As you can see, there’s also some slightly different coloration between the leaves, but I think that’s just due to them still being newer growth and they’ll turn more white as they mature.

I’m fairly certain #2 is a “White Christmas”, but I’ve got about 4 different answer searching online for #1 (including White Christmas lol). Excited to start my collection with these two, TIA for any input or advice!

Got gifted this yesterday and am going to repot soon! But I noticed these black dots. I googled it and it said it is most likely fungal or bacterial infection. I reallyyyy want this plant to survive so I wanted to get more opinions from real people. Is this plant already sick and dying or will me repotting help this? It is very droopy and some of the leafs look like they might have been getting overwatered?(Unsure)
I’m sorry I’m very new to plant life and would deeply appreciate some guidance! I’ve been keeping it in indirect sunlight through the day and I’ve only watered it once so far because the soil was very dry. I’m sorry if I’m leaving anything out. Thank you all in advance!! ♡

Hi, just got this caladium for my birthday and I'm totally mortified to even look at its direction. I've been admiring them online but read they're quite fussy and not beginner friendly. I own some other plants too mainly hoyas, pothos, cacti and some other begginer friendly plants. I have south east oriented windows and really bad humidity level in my flat but I try to compensate with humidifier.
So what do I do here? Do I shower it and repot straight away or do I wait? Can put in self watering pot?

Was kann ich jetzt tun? Danke für jede Empfehlung! ‐----------------------------------------------

Danke euch allen fürs Teilen eurer Erfahrungen, es hilft mir sehr!!!

Reicht es, wenn ich sie so abschneide (Bild), oder muss ich die vertrockneten kleinen Reste von Fäulnis noch wegschneiden? Hab übrigens nicht gewusst, dass die giftig sind und hab sie mit den Fingerspitzen und Fingernägeln abgerieben. Das hat extrem und lange gebrannt und gestochen - zum Glück hatte ich Aloe Vera zu Hause. Danke auch für deinen Tipp, liebe Calladien-Liebhaberin! Ich war einfach zu ungeduldig, hab direkt nach meinem Post gehandelt ;-))

new questions:

Does it matter in which direction I put them in the ground?

... and should I cut off the partially still brown interfaces cleaner??

Hallo, ich habe vor ca. 2 Monaten diese Caladium gekauft und seit dem lässt sie aber ihre Blätter hängen und hat auch schon einige verloren. Ein neuer Platz mit mehr Licht (v.a. nachmittags) hat leider nicht viel geholfen. Neue Blätter bekommt sie auch fast nie. Mache ich irgendwas falsch? :/

Starting with the view from my kitchen. I've filled every shady and semi-shady spot in my yard with Caladiums. It wasn't supposed to get out of hand like this! I bought 50 each of Florida Moonlight jumbo and Frannie Munson jumbo from Florida Boys in the spring. I told myself i was only sticking to white and pink.

Well, we had some late cool nights in April and I attempted to start them in my garage. Then I put them in beds and containers and by early June nothing was happening. I panicked and locally bought tons of Berries and Burgundy, Florida Sweetheart, and others that I forgot their names. They're in the ground, in containers, even on the screened patio. I live in super-high humidity 7b.

I will overwinter the tubers in the garage but thinking of bringing a few plants inside over the winter to bring me cheer. How do I decide?

Figured I would post an updated picture. Taken today before I left for work

I’ve never seen such large caladiums here and it was 8.95

I purposely got the one I thought had the most growth going on, now im wondering when and how I need to repot it?

Ive read up on the basic care of caladiums but im new to plants and im terrified of accidentally killing it 😭

I've just received this Pink Symphony bulb in the mail, and I'm not sure how to plant this since the shoot didn't grow straight up. Should I plant with the eye facing up and hope the shoot fixes itself? And should I bury this entire bulb at least 1in below the soil?

A sort of recent picture of my elephant ears planted a couple years ago.

I do not know the type of this caladium, but I absolutely love it's hugeeee leaves! 🤯 would love to know it's name. Please comment below.

I've had this fairytale princess caladium for over a year now and shes making plenty of leaves, but they are much duller than before. Granted I've moved 3 times and im glad shes still around but would like to make her happier.