Zantedeschia elliottiana

Plant Characteristics

Habit		bulbous
Height:	⇕	60 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60. to 100 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100.
Width:	⇔	30 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. to 45 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 45.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	possibly garden hybrid

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Water:	◍	moist
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		9 to 11

Scientific Names

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Read about Zantedeschia elliottiana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Zantedeschia elliottiana, Engler (Calla Elliottiana, Knight. Richardia Elliottiana, W. Wats.). Golden Calla. Lvs. glabrous; petiole 2 ft. or more long, lacking bristles, more or less mottled; blade ovate or orbicular-ovate, cordate at base, obtuse but subulate-pointed at apex, light green, with a few white or translucent spots, with undulate margins, about as large as those of Z. aethiopica: spathe a rich lustrous yellow, lasting about two weeks, becoming greenish with age, not purple-blotched, about 6 in. long: berries about 3/4 in. diam., nearly globose, green: tuber proliferous. Afr., probably in Trop. Transvaal. B.M. 7577. Gn. 46:446. Gn. W. 11: 553. R.H. 1904:136. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Not known in the wild, may be a hybrid. Arrowhead shaped leaves are heavily spotted with white. Leaves are 8-12 in (20-30 cm) long. Flower stalks topped with deep yellow spathes. Spathes are 4-5 in (10-12 cm).

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
• Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381

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