Zantedeschia elliottiana

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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.


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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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