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Name these caladiums!

I'll give you a head start: I know these are varieties of caladiums :-). Which specific ones are they? I purchased them as a multi-pack and now that I am prepping for next season, I've decided to divide them into their specific varieties. Thank you!

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  • 10 years ago

    #2 is Miss Muffet, #4 might be Red Flash. However, Irma I think has a great idea. Check out Classic Caladium's website and I bet you'll be able to find most of them. If not, keep checking other caladium online stores. Good luck!


    LaLennoxa 6a/b Hamilton ON thanked annafl
  • 10 years ago

    I love the last one. I had them in NC in a pot with Kimberly Fern, Lobelia and a pink patio rose in morning sun. The caladium were on the shaded side. It was beautiful.

    LaLennoxa 6a/b Hamilton ON thanked suncoastflowers
  • 10 years ago

    If you like the last ones (white), I can say I had another set of white ones which were even more white, the green veins almost disappeared and they were almost translucent! These ones I actually had labels for: Moonlight. They were absolutely stunning planted in mass in a shady corner of my garden.

  • 10 years ago

    Moonlight was sold out when I bought mine at Bates - and no wonder!

    LaLennoxa 6a/b Hamilton ON thanked irma_stpete_10a
  • 10 years ago

    I was fortunate to go to a school plant sale this past spring where they were selling the Moonlight caladium bulbs for $1 each (!) - looks like a nursery had donated them. It was one of those sales where the majority of buyers had NO IDEA and LITTLE INTEREST in these, going instead for the typical hostas, etc. My gut instinct was to buy the entire lot; I think ended up I taking 20 or so, and they just gave them to me free (!!). (I won't even mention the ginormous elephant ears they were selling for $2 each...)

    I had actually never planted caladiums before, so it was all quite new for me. Am I ever glad I got them...

  • 10 years ago

    Here's a show of some of the Moonlight caladiums I had in a planter early in the season - later on, they became even more abundant!

  • 10 years ago

    #1 looks very close to 'Pink Beauty'

    #2 id Miss Muffet, but with marbled variegation, which is not common.

    #3 is Mrs W B Halderman

    #4 is deff not Red Flash . Red Flash has white spots. It looks like 'Postman Joyner', which has red veining difffused into wide green margin. but i am not 100% sure. there are others that look quite similar.

    #5 can be 'Rosebud'

    #6 White Xmas

    LaLennoxa 6a/b Hamilton ON thanked petrushka (7b)
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Okay, after a bit of deliberation, I think I've come up with some identifiable names for the caladiums I have been seeking out - with thanks to all the above posters for the input and direction! For those who are interested, here's what I came up with:

    # 1 - Pink Beauty

    # 2 - Miss Muffet

    # 3 - Pink Cloud

    # 4 - Postman Joyner

    # 5 - Rosebud

    # 6 - Candidum or White Christmas

  • 10 years ago

    i would agree on 'Pink Cloud' but not on 'Freida Hemple' . FH has rather clear red central section and also very well defined green border, where as 'Postman Joyner' red and green are sort of blended and mingled, sometimes muddy and diffused in mid-section. compare pics on this site, for example.

    http://classiccaladiumsllc.com/varieties/varieties.htm

    or here

    http://caladiums.com/

    especially here, side by side on the same page

    http://hendrycaladiums.com/reds.html

    LaLennoxa 6a/b Hamilton ON thanked petrushka (7b)
  • 10 years ago

    I think you're right. I will amend above to make #4 just Postman Joyner. Thanks!

  • 9 years ago

    LeLennoxa - thanks for the link to here. I wouldn't have noticed the Pink Cloud nor known what it is if it wasn't next to the Rosebud in a show-me-your-elephant-ears post photo.

    Petruska - could you tell me more on the Miss Muffet with marbled variegation, which is not common? Do you know whether this will produce pups that have the same marbled variegation? I have the same type in the July 17 post here: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1690057/caladiums
    Your Postman Joyner description makes me more certain I have a couple. Mine were just labeled 'Caladium' but were cheap so I tried them in roughly 3/4 day full sun. They are thriving except for some yellowing from when I watered them at high noon. I won't do that again: