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amazing fields of Caladium bicolor

Eric in Orlando

By Eric in Orlando
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Eric in Orlando Grand Master

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Last Saturday I went down to Lake Placid (about 100 miles south of Orlando) to the annual Caladium Festival. Around 95% of the world's Caladiums are grown in the Lake Placid area. East of Lake Placid is Lake Istokpoga, the fifth largest lake in Florida. It is 5 miles wide and 10 miles long. The caladium farms on on the south shore of the lake in the mucklands.

I had never been down there before. It was really amazing to see the fields of Caladium bicolor, just miles and miles of rows of caladiums.

The first photos show part of one field with remnant old Bald Cypress Trees (Taxodium distichum).

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Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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And a field of Bismarckia nobilis a couple miles in the distance I zoomed in on

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Eric

Orlando, FL

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Stunning, especially up close.

I always thought caladiums had to have shade.

I guess not!

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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Could you pick me up one.....or ten thousand! ..... lol

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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it took me a while also to stop growing them in shade

they prosper in full sun and really last

Best regards

Ed

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Stevetoad Grand Master

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AWESOME!

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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In winter after the foliage has died down, the tubers are dug and prepped for shipping. In spring the fields are replanted. Around 95% of the world's Caladium crop is grown here so when you buy some Caladium "bulbs" most likely they were grown here.

Eric

Orlando, FL

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Wow.

I had a girl.

And she said she liked plants.

But she really liked caladiums.

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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