Two-coloured caladium

...It has many shield-shaped leaves that resemble smaller taro leaves, growing at the base, and has beautiful colors and patterns, making it a popular summer ornamental plant. The cultivated variety is a horticultural variety ( C. × hortulanum Birdsey) that was improved based on the caladium C. bicolor Vent. (English name: two-coloured caladium), and was introduced to Japan in the mid-Meiji period. Cv. Candidum is a hardy variety with a white background and dark green veins and leaf edges, short petioles, and a good plant shape, making it the most widely used. ...

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…サトイモの葉を小型にしたような楯形の葉を多数根生し，美しい色や模様があり，夏の観葉鉢物として人気がある。栽培品はニシキイモC.bicolor Vent.(英名two‐coloured caladium)を中心にして改良された園芸品種(C.× hortulanum Birdsey)で，明治中ごろに渡来した。キャンディダムcv.Candidumは白地に葉脈と葉縁部が濃緑色となる強健種で，葉柄も短く，草姿がよく，最も普及している。…

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