Scientific Name: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Common Name: kalanchoe
Family Name: Crassulaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering pot plant, Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Spreading, Upright
Form: Round
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Lustrous, Obovate, Ovate, Crenate, Dentate
Flowers: Cyme, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Aug-Sep-Oct, Can flower any month
Fruit: Follicle, (Accessory tissue), Brown, Jun-Jul
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, ovate-obovate, most blades 7-13cm long x 5-11cm wide, glabrous, thick, fleshy, margin crenate, most petioles 1-3cm long; corymb-like cyme of many florets, 1-1.5cm wide with 4 red, pink, orange, or yellow petals (some cvs. have many petals).