Caladium bicolor

Family Araceae .  Gardening form of hybrid origin .  A perennial herb with an underground tuber and large arrow-shaped leaves of various colors .  The flowers are not decorative, collected in inflorescence-cob .  In the summer contain bright room, frequently watered .  From October to March, the leaves fall .  Watering is reduced, then terminated .  The remaining tubers remain until the spring at a temperature of 18-20 ° C .  In March purified from their land and old roots and planted in small pots in a mixture of leaf soil, peat and sand (1: 1: 1) .  Watering is rare, but is regularly sprayed .  During the summer, once transplanted into larger containers with good drainage in a mixture of humus, compost, peat, and sand (0, 5: 1: 1: 0, 5) with the addition of chopped sphagnum .  Fed complete mineral or organic fertilizers .  Propagated by division in spring old tubers and "baby" - the young tubercles .  Places slices were washed with water, dried and lightly sprinkle with powdered charcoal .

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