What kind of elephant ears bloom flowers?

i had an elephant ear that bloomed a real pretty white flower a long time ago. does anybody know what kind of elephant ear that is?

What kind of elephant ears bloom flowers?
Technically ALL plants bloom eventually. The flowers you remember bloom on just a regular elephant ear, as well as most any kind of caladium (the family that elephant ears belong to). Usually you don't want your ears to bloom because it takes energy away from growing large leaves. However, if want to urge them to bloom try using a high phosphorus fertilizer. Phosphorus is the middle number on the N-P-K of a fertilizer.
Reply:I did not know they bloomed at all.





People get them because they have a different leaves and some get ridiculously huge.





Kids love them for that reason.





Flowers would be nice though!
Reply:They all do, with the right conditions. Was it unusually warm that summer ? I live in upstate NY, so have only seen it once in person , %26amp; that was a plant that was in a greenhouse too long (for our purposes)





. I've had customers describe various elephant ears, who didn't know the name, %26amp; they've often included a description of the flowers. Invariably, the ones who describe flowers are from places where elephant ears (taro) are native, such as Vietnam %26amp; Thailand . I conclude from that , that they need a long, hot season to bloom . Might also have to be mature specimens . The one I saw was somone's personal plant, 7 yrs old, in a 30" pot.