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Aug 4, 2016 6:17 PM CST
Name: Teresa
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I clicked on this thread because I was wanting some similar information. I found this list: http://www.oocities.org/gratim... and then I used the database here and started looking up some of them. Many didn't have a lot of information here in the database including light requirements. But I did find from using both sources that I could find some photos of plants of interest, and then do further online search for more details.

But I'm wondering if anyone has this experience. The site I listed above said that Caladium bicolor do well under average home conditions. Has anyone here successfully grown a caladium as a houseplant? I think they would make beautiful houseplants with a lot of color. I put some in the ground from bulbs, but I read at another site that some plants must change to their environment by shedding all current leaves (if moving the plants indoors from an outdoor location, thus changing the light considerably), and putting out new leaves which adapt to the current light. Would caladiums do this? Someone in the database listed that they go dormant. I guess perhaps maybe the plant/bulb would have to be started indoors and left indoors?
. . . it's always better to ask questions, than jump to conclusions.
AND . . . always hear both sides of the story before making a judgment.

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