Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms(unranked): Monocots Order: AlismatalesFamily: AraceaeSubfamily: AroideaeTribe: CaladieaeGenus: Caladium bicolorDescriptionCaladiums are tuber-rooted tropical perennials grown for their la rge and showy leaves. Caladiums have no stems; the leaves are borne on long, 6-12 in (15-30.5 cm), petioles (leaf stems) that arise directly from the underground tuber. The petioles are attached to the le aves near the center, rather than at one end, a condition called peltate. Leaf shape, siz e and color vary among the hundreds of selections, but most are heart, lance or arrowhead shaped, 6-14 in (15-35.6 cm) long, and variously spotted or streaked with pink, red, gray, or white. The caladium inflorescence is a 9 in (23 cm) greenish white Jack-in-the-pulpit-like spadix and spathe. (The spadix is the fleshy upright spike with tiny flowers on it - Jack; and the spathe is the hood-like bract that surr ounds the spadix - the pulpit.) Small white berries eventually develop on the spadix. The whole plant, by the end of its growing season, is about 2 ft (0.6 m) tall and 2 ft (0.6 m) wide.
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Caladiums are tuber-rooted tropical perennials grown for their large and showy leaves. Caladiumshave no stems; the leaves are borne on long, 6-12 in (15-30.5 cm), petioles (leaf stems) that arise
directly from the underground tuber. The petioles are attached to the leaves near the center, rather
than at one end, a condition called peltate. Leaf shape, size and color vary among the hundreds of
selections, but most are heart, lance or arrowhead shaped, 6-14 in (15-35.6 cm) long, and variously
spotted or streaked with pink, red, gray, or white. The caladium inflorescence is a 9 in (23 cm)
greenish white Jack-in-the-pulpit-like spadix and spathe. (The spadix is the fleshy upright spike
with tiny flowers on it - Jack; and the spathe is the hood-like bract that surrounds the spadix - the
pulpit.) Small white berries eventually develop on the spadix. The whole plant, by the end of its
growing season, is about 2 ft (0.6 m) tall and 2 ft (0.6 m) wide.