Kalanchoe Beauverdii
Kalanchoe 'Beauverdii'
as per ICN Description (by B. Descoings in IHSP, 2003) : Climbers, entirely glabrous. Stems slender, weak, procumbent, climbing with support, prolifically branched, woody-wiry below, several meters long. Leaves with numerous easily caducous bulbils on the teeth, very thick, succulent, sessile to subsessile or shortly petiolate, green, ± streaked with purple, usually with waxy bloom, very variable in shape and size, linear, narrowly spatulate, hastate, ovate to oblong, sometimes trilobate-hastate, 1.5 - 11 x 0.3 – 4 cm, tip acute, base slightly amplexicaul, margins entire or with some minute teeth in the apical 1/4. Inflorescences lax few-flowered cymes, pedicels 0.6 - 4 cm. FIowers pendent, calyx yellow-green, ± tinged purple, tube 1 – 10 x to 12 mm in diameter, sepals triangular, acute, 7 - 13 x 6.9 – 8,2 mm, corolla campanulate, pale green to grey-green streaked with red-purple, tube 11 - 33 mm,petals ovate to subcircular, acute, 12 - 17 x 8 - 19 mm. Cytology : n = 17 Kalanchoe beauverdii is an extremely variable species, even within populations. This variability is the reason for the numerous synonyms. The perennial Kalanchoes are cultivated as houseplants or rock or succulent garden plants. They have low water requirements, a wide variety of colours and are easy to propagate. New plants develop vegetatively as bulbils. These young plants eventually drop off and take root.
Contributed by @gardentagssucculentexpert
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Light and free draining
Common name
Kalanchoe 'Beauverdii'
Latin name
Kalanchoe Beauverdii
type
Perennial
family
Crassulaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Light and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.30 M
Kalanchoe Beauverdii
as per ICN Description (by B. Descoings in IHSP, 2003) : Climbers, entirely glabrous. Stems slender, weak, procumbent, climbing with support, prolifically branched, woody-wiry below, several meters long. Leaves with numerous easily caducous bulbils on the teeth, very thick, succulent, sessile to subsessile or shortly petiolate, green, ± streaked with purple, usually with waxy bloom, very variable in shape and size, linear, narrowly spatulate, hastate, ovate to oblong, sometimes trilobate-hastate, 1.5 - 11 x 0.3 – 4 cm, tip acute, base slightly amplexicaul, margins entire or with some minute teeth in the apical 1/4. Inflorescences lax few-flowered cymes, pedicels 0.6 - 4 cm. FIowers pendent, calyx yellow-green, ± tinged purple, tube 1 – 10 x to 12 mm in diameter, sepals triangular, acute, 7 - 13 x 6.9 – 8,2 mm, corolla campanulate, pale green to grey-green streaked with red-purple, tube 11 - 33 mm,petals ovate to subcircular, acute, 12 - 17 x 8 - 19 mm. Cytology : n = 17 Kalanchoe beauverdii is an extremely variable species, even within populations. This variability is the reason for the numerous synonyms. The perennial Kalanchoes are cultivated as houseplants or rock or succulent garden plants. They have low water requirements, a wide variety of colours and are easy to propagate. New plants develop vegetatively as bulbils. These young plants eventually drop off and take root.
Propogation by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Easily propagated by a single leaf. Place a healthy leaf on top of the soil and watch it grow.
Planting young plants
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Kalanchoes do well in clay pots, and they must have a drainage tray that can be emptied. They’re small plants that don’t often have to be repotted.
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Many people choose to throw out the plant after it is done flowering, but it can re-bloom with a bit of time and patience. Cut off the flowering head and let the plant rest for about a month. Then give it at least 12-14 hours of continuous darkness followed by 10 hours of bright light for 6 weeks to develop buds. Reduce the watering and feeding during this time. Once the buds have formed, the plant can resume its normal light conditions.
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