Kalanchoe Hildebrandtii

As per ICN HILDEBRANDTII Baillon, 1885 (engl./ fr.) Synonyms : Kalanchoe gomphophylla Baker (1887) Kalanchoe hildebrandtii var. glabra Rauh & Hebding (1997) Section Kalanchoe Distribution : Southern and south-western Madagascar, xerophytic bush on various soils and rocks Description (according to B. Descoings in IHSP, 2003) : Perennial branched shrubs, to 1 - 4 m tall, entirely and ± densely covered with minute stellate hairs (with 3 bifid or multifid branches), hairs very appressed and giving the plants a glabrous appearance Stems woody, erect, strongly branched. Leaves petiolate, glaucous to greenish, petiole cylindrical, canaliculate, 3 - 8 mm, lamina thick, tough, ovate to roundish, 1.5 - 5 x 1 - 3.5 cm, tip obtuse to rounded, base suddenly cuneate, margins entire Inflorescences lax panicles, 8 - 35 cm, pedicels 1.5 - 4 mm. Flowers erect, fleshy, calyx green, tube ± 0.5 mm, sepals ± deltoid, acute, 1.2 - 2.5 mm long and wide, corolla white, pale green to yellow, urceolate, sparingly hairy, tube 3 - 5 mm, petals ovate, obtuse, 2.2 - 3.6 x 1.6 - 2 mm, stamens incIuded or slightly exserted. Cytology : 2n = 36 The recently described var. glabra, here tentatively placed as synonym, appears to fall within the natural variation, which is of a similar magnitude as in K. bracteata.

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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