Caladium lindenii, Xanthosoma lindenii Magnifica

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An improved form of lindenii differing by having its yellowish to deep-green leaves, beautiful and broadly veined with a cream to white color , and pale line just inside of the margin. This is an ornamental, evergreen herb, which grows from rhizome with its showy arrow-shaped, thin-leathery leaves. This plant produces tubers and loses most of its leaves when it goes dormant. Plant does good in a mixture containing a large percentage of peat moss while still allowing water to drain well. Any exposure to cold might be fatal.

Similar plants:

• Caladium bicolor (Caladium, Fancy Leaved Caladium)
• Caladium praetermissum, Alocasia 'Hilo Beauty', Colocasia 'Hilo Beauty' (Camouflage Alocasia, Hilo Beauty)
• Caladium steudneriifolium (Caladium)
• Zamioculcas zamiifolia, Caladium zamiaefolium, Zamioculcas lanceolata, Zamioculcas loddigesii (Aroid Palm, ZZ Plant)
• Xanthosoma albomarginata, Xanthosoma atrovirens albomarginata (Mickey Mouse Taro, Mouse Cup, Pocket Plant)
• Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma violaceum, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Arum nigrum, Xanthosoma nigrum (Tannia, Malanga Blanca, Yautia, Cocoyam, Eddo, Coco, Sato-imo, Japanese Potatoes)
• Xanthosoma sp. (Xanthosoma)