Caladium Care Guide 

Caladium (also known as the Angel wing plant) grow from corms. Within the genus Caladium there are about 20 species, with new hybrids on the market almost every year.

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WATERING : 

The Angel wing plant doesn´t like drying out. I recommend thoroughly watering your Caladium once it is 75% dry You can measure this by sticking a wooden chopstick in the soil, and when you remove it the chopstick is either dirty, or clean. If it comes out fairly clean, it is time to water. Otherwise not.

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LIGHT REQUIREMENTS : 

Like any other plant the more light, the better. Try to keep this plant out of direct sunlight, as that can burn the leaves.

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BLOOM : 

Caladium usually flowers in the summer, but  a lot of people cut the flowers off because it can take up to much energy, which slows down growth. Blooming on caladium plants isn’t common, so i would just let it complete its blooming cycle. The flower has quite a thick stalk, followed by an inflorescene wrapped in a blanket-like cover.

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PROPAGATION : 

Caladium plants grow from corms, which are just bulbs that grow with the plant as it matures. The corm itself can grow new corms to propagate itself. You can search for the corms while repotting the plant, carefully peeling off the brown layer of the corm to prevent rot, lay it in a layer of water and in the course of a few weeks roots will slowely start to emerge, and it will shoot out tiny growth. You can also carefully pull out the offshoots out of the soil.

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MEDIUMS : 

I like using my standard potting soil mix. It has universal potting soil, LECA, a lot of perlite, coco chips and coco peat.

I do like growing these in water, or LECA filled with water for stabilty. Make sure to only change out the water if it is full of algae, and not on a weekly basis.