ID help please- Is this a caladium?

South Venice, FL(Zone 9b)

Picked up this serpent fern this morning at a Master Gardener sale. In the plant sale madness, I noticed that the fern had what looked like a caladium in it too. Now that I'm home and doing inspections, I'm not so sure it is a caladium. Maybe it's a different type I've never seen. ????

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South Venice, FL(Zone 9b)

Here's a close up of the leaf.

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South Venice, FL(Zone 9b)

Here's a closer view of the stem.
Thanks, Cathy

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(Nadine) Devers, TX(Zone 9b)

Yep it is...

South Venice, FL(Zone 9b)

Super, thanks. Two plants for the price of one, even better!

(Nadine) Devers, TX(Zone 9b)

Sounds like my kind of deal....LOL

NE, KS(Zone 5b)

Hi ladies, that was a bargain! Pretty caladium and big. That serpent fern... tell me more about it.. I notice a leaf coming out the bottom of the pot.. it puts out runners?

South Venice, FL(Zone 9b)

AuntB, yes, I think this is going to be runner. I was going to go outside and do another inspection, maybe take another picture, but it is pouring outside, YAY! I need to do a little more research on the fern, find out what it likes before I find a place for it.
Cathy

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