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In Singapore: Hilo Beauty Elephant Ear (Grown in Singapore)
Caladium praetermissum, the Hilo beauty elephant ear, is a tuberous tropical plant grown for its patterned leaves, known mainly from cultivation and once sold as Alocasia 'Hilo Beauty'. Keep it warm and humid, and grow it from tubers in rich, well-drained, moisture-retentive soil.
Caladium praetermissum, the Hilo beauty elephant ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. Known only from cultivation, it is thought to be native to the New World Tropics. It is a tuberous geophyte reaching 1 m (3 ft), valued for its patterned leaves. Prior to its scientific description in 2009, it was sold as Alocasia 'Hilo Beauty'. Collected in 1981 at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg, its specific epithet praetermissum means "overlooked" or "forgotten". It is available from commercial suppliers.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caladium praetermissum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
