Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

''Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi'', formerly known as ''Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi'', native to Madagascar, is widely sold as a house or garden plant that has established itself in the wild in some southern parts of the United States of America.
Its specific epithet ''fedtschenkoi'' honors botanist Boris Fedtschenko .
Kalanchoe lavender scallops A staggering show from a neighbour's kalanchoe plants.

Native to South America. These are fleshy, herbaceous plants with upright or spreading stems growing 20 to 60 cm tall. The broad, paired leaves are bluish, greyish to lavender in colour, with pinkish margins. The drooping bell-shaped flowers are borne in dense clusters at the top of the branched stems. These flowers are usually reddish-orange and purplish in colour, 20 mm in length.

Now classified as a weed of coastal environs, urban bushland, open woodlands, riparian vegetation, roadsides, disturbed sites and waste areas here in Australia.  Australia,Crassulaceae,Flora,Geotagged,Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi,Kalanchoe stonecrop,Saxifragales,botany,lavender scallops,new south wales,spring,succulent

Appearance

''Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi'' is a low-growing, frost-tender perennial succulent which prefers dry, open ground. It grows to 10–12 inches tall as an untidy, low, rounded herb. The stems are round, smooth and lax with visible leaf scars, often bending and touching the ground where they produce roots and new plants. Leaves are fleshy, alternate, blue-green and oval or obovate with fine scalloped edges, the edges may turn pink or red under strong sunlight or drought conditions. The tubular flowers are in corymbs, often multi-layered in good conditions. Each flower has a short calyx edged with delta-shaped segments, which is shorter than its tubular corolla. The corolla is an orange/coral/apricot color. The flowers are pendant.

Commonly called ‘Lavender Scallops’ from the shape and color of its leaves. It has few pests but may harbor mealy bugs or occasionally scale insects.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderSaxifragales
FamilyCrassulaceae
GenusKalanchoe
SpeciesK. fedtschenkoi
Photographed in
Australia