How to Grow and Care for caldesia

Caldesia demands consistent moisture levels and thrives best in shallow, standing water, making it challenging for typical indoor environments. Special care includes maintaining the right water conditions and ensuring it receives ample sunlight. Frequent water checks and positioning in a well-lit spot are crucial for the plant's health.

Watering schedule: Every week

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Planting and Growing caldesia

Care Difficulty	Hard
Lifespan	Perennial
Watering Schedule	Every week

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Types of caldesia

Parnassus-leaved water-plantain

It is an aquatic plant with crawling rhizomes. With 5 to 100 cm petiole, oval or elliptical leaves, 2-10 × 1.5-7 cm, deep rounded base, obtuse apex. Paniculated inflorescences of 20 to 35 cm. With 3 verticillate flowers and pedicels of 2.5 to 4 cm. Oval petals, larger than sepals.

Caldesia oligococca

Caldesia oligococca is an aquatic perennial herb, floating serenely on still or slow-moving waters. It boasts a rosette of rounded leaves, often showing a heart-shaped base, elevated by long petioles. Delicate white flowers, marked by three petals, grace its form, emerging modestly above the water surface. Thriving in shallow aquatic environments, caldesia oligococca's growth and proliferation are fostered by ample sunlight and clean water.

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