Re: Thai Beauty Caladium

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.03.25 at 16:13:01(8349) Dear David, I first came across this one when I worked for a short while at a Nursery here in WPB, Florida, and to me it sure LOOKED the same as a variety that either used to be grown or is grown by the folks at Lake Placid, Florida that I used to buy, I THINK it was named 'Pink Fantasy'. 'Thai Beauty' (strap-leaf C. schomburgkii type, some transparent pink areas) is a nice plant, said to produce large tubers every year, and if kept warm and moist not to go 'deeply dormant'. On this note, my 'Florida Sweetheart' Caladiums, THE most beautiful that I have seen, have disapointed this year, (so far, it is a little early) they seem to have been ravaged by nematodes during the dormancy in my plant beds, while 'Gingerland' seem to have been unaffected and have come in and UP with a vengance! What a beautiful variety of Caladium! Best Wishes, Julius +More >>I received an email today from TropicalGardening.com about a new caladium variety called "Thai Beauty". I've never seen anything that looked like this before. Is anyone familiar with this variety? Here's a link to the website with a great picture: http://www.tropicalgardening.com/ThaiCaladium/thaicaladium1.html David Sizemore Kingsport, TN (Zone 6a)<<

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