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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Also called Flaming Katy, Christmas Kalanchoe, Florist Kalanchoe
In Singapore: Christmas Kalanchoe, Flaming Katy, 万紫千红 (Grown in Singapore)
Madagascar widow's-thrill is a bushy, evergreen succulent house plant from Madagascar, widely sold as Christmas kalanchoe or florist kalanchoe. Grow it bright with cool conditions and let the soil dry between waterings.
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is a commonly cultivated evergreen house plant of the genus Kalanchoe native to Madagascar. It is known by the English common names flaming Katy, Christmas kalanchoe, florist kalanchoe and Madagascar widow's-thrill.
With a minimum temperature of 10 °C (50 °F), K. blossfeldiana requires the protection of glass during the winter months in temperate locations. It needs to be in a cool, partially shaded spot. However, it may be placed outside in summer. In the UK, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is native to Madagascar, where the plant can be found growing in the relatively cool plateaus of the Tsarantanana Mountains; K. blossfeldiana in this environment grows in humus soil.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kalanchoe blossfeldiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
