Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln.

Madagascar widow's-thrill (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Kalanchoe

Characteristics

Plants glabrous. Stems 4-5 dm. Leaf blades elliptic to ovate or oblong-spatulate, 3-10 cm, margins crenate or almost entire, apex obtuse or nearly acute. Cymes dense, compound, glabrous, not glandular. Pedicels 0.5-2 cm. Flowers fragrant; sepals ascending, triangular-lanceolate, 4-10 mm; corolla scarlet, cylindric, tube ca. 8 mm, lobes wide-spreading, ca. 4 mm. 2n = 34, 68.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway cam

Environment

Light 4-7
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana leaf picture by Orozco Alex (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana flower picture by Orozco Alex (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Haiti, Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274279-1
WFO ID wfo-0001299371
COL ID 3QYGT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446533
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Kalanchoe globulifera var. coccinea