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Kalanchoe (/ ˌ k æ l ə ŋ ˈ k oʊ. iː / KAL-əng-KOH-ee), [2] [3] (also called "kalanchöe" or "kalanchoë"), is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent plants in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa.
The leaf blade may be broad, elliptical, elongate or oval in shape, with a green to deep, ruby-red (in full sun) hue. Leaves measure between 12-33 cm (5-13") long and between 7-20 cm (3-8") wide. The leaf tip is generally rounded or blunt. The base of the lower leaves is heart-shaped, that of the upper is wedge-shaped.
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi is a low-growing, frost-tender perennial succulent which prefers dry, open ground. It grows to 10–12 inches (25–30 cm) tall as an untidy, low, rounded herb. The stems are round, smooth and lax with visible leaf scars, often bending and touching the ground where they produce roots and new plants.
Kalanchoe delagoensis, formerly known as Bryophyllum delagoense [1] and commonly called mother of millions or chandelier plant, [3] is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. Like other members of Bryophyllum (now included in Kalanchoe [ 2 ] ), it is able to propagate vegetatively from plantlets that develop on its leaf margins.
The scallop-edged and ovate leaves are arranged in an opposite/subopposite fashion, are simple in type with crenate margins and an oblong shape. [14] The arrangement of the veins in a leaf can be absent or very hard to see; the leaf blades are 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long. [14] Parts of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana are poisonous if ingested. [2]
Kalanchoe daigremontiana can spread by both seeds and by plantlets dropped from its leaves. Kalanchoe daigremontiana has an umbrella-like terminal inflorescence (a compound cyme) of small bell-shaped, grayish pink (or sometimes orange) flowers. Flowering is, however, not an annual event and occurs sporadically if at all on some shoots.
The perennial Kalanchoe orgyalis is a heavily branched shrub that reaches heights of 1 to 2 meters, which is covered with characteristic, star-shaped hairs. Its upright shoots are branched and strong. Young shoots have long hairs. The tough, densely long-haired, petiole is gray-green to reddish-brown on the upper side and green to silver on the ...
The end of the shoots is upright. The non-flowering shoots are covered in downy hairs and have glands, whereas flowering shoots are bare. The sessile, very succulent leaves are up to 8 millimeters thick, bare to tiny, downy hairs, green, obovate to oblong circular and 1 to 3 centimeters long and 0.6 to 1.5 centimeters wide. The leaf tip is very ...