We've lived together ten years and I don't even know his name.

January 17, 2013 1:10 PM

What kind of plant is this? The coloring is similar to alternanthera dentata, but the leaf shape is wrong.
posted by roger ackroyd to home & garden (7 answers total)

It's a Caladium.
posted by jamaro at 1:15 PM on January 17

Sweet! Thanks.
posted by roger ackroyd at 1:17 PM on January 17

You should get him a friend. Caladiums come in all kinds of lovely colors (way more than that picture shows, actually.)
posted by WidgetAlley at 1:53 PM on January 17

That's not a caladium! It's a pink syngonium podophyllum!
posted by missmary6 at 2:13 PM on January 17

Yeah, that's totally pink syngonium podophyllum.
posted by batmonkey at 2:17 PM on January 17

Somehow it seemed cuter before I knew it was poisonous.
posted by roger ackroyd at 2:52 PM on January 17 [3 favorites]

True for so many things, sadly.
posted by batmonkey at 5:31 PM on January 17