Family: Crassulaceae
Scientific Name: Kalanchoe beharensis Maltese Cross
Common Name: Kalanchoe Maltese Cross
Description | A cultivar of the Velvet leaf plant (K. beharensis) with rippled leaves some of which will turn a bronze-brown color. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Succulents |
Sunlight | In full sun the plant will have a silver gray color with many leaves turning brown. |
Moisture | dry out between waterings |
Growing Media | well drained |
Leaves | lobes, some take on a bronze-brown color and can have a ripple shape, tend to curl in |
Stems | can be trained to a single stem, tree-like plant |
Maintenance | Will develope a bare stemmed with age. Prune back to produce a fuller plant. |
Propagation | Easy from tip cuttings, or a new plant can be started from a whole leaf, laid flat on a rooting media. |
Native Site | Native to Madagascar. |
Author's Notes | I purchased this plant at a local garden center and the checkout girl said "what a funky plant". |
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