Hi Teresa! That's similar to what I was saying in my last post. Since one's location is such an important factor in the amount of light a particular plant might prefer or need, it's best to have a discussion, instead of trying to interpret info that might be given without enough background to be useful. Advice from anyone in a tropical location, like where most growers are, is probably coming from experience growing outside only.
The most useful thing to me is to research where in the world a plant comes from, or at least where it grows like crazy in the ground outside. Pics of plants in the wild or in a landscape can help so much. If one has tropical plants at much higher latitudes, a different spot closer to a window might be needed during the shorter days of winter. I wish I'd figured that part out much sooner.
It's normal for any kind of bulb plant to discard older leaves in regard to various kinds of stress, then grow new ones when conditions permit again.
@skylark comes to mind in regard to successfully growing potted Caladiums - in an apartment, very impressive stuff.
Sally, Ags can offer a similar appearance, agreed.
If you like Caladiums, Syngonium (AKA arrowhead vine) might also have appeal. The leaves are so similar to some Caladiumas and Syngoniums are much more commonly found in pots inside homes because they don't go dormant in response to stresses.
The species entry:
Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum)
All Syngonium entries in the DB here:
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
If it's the red or the pink in the leaves that you find attractive, you can also search the DB here for specific characteristics on the advanced search page:
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
For example, you might check the box under "leaves" that says "unusual foliage color" and the box under "suitable locations" for "houseplant." Doing so would yield 207 results (as of just now.)
