Description | Copper Spoon (Kalanchoe orgyalis) is a tender perennial that can be grown indoors or as an outdoor plant in warmer regions. Has a soft, velvety texture with cinnamon to bronze spoon-shaped leaves. |
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Plant Type | Indoor Foliage, Succulents, Perennial Tender |
Hardiness Zone | 9a |
Sunlight | full, when growing as an indoor plant, it needs maximum light, the amount of light will affect the color and texture of the leaf |
Moisture | average, dry to the touch, extremely forgiving |
Soil & Site | well drained |
Flowers | yellow flowers |
Leaves | Felty cinnamon-colored hairs on the upper surface (adaxial or ventricle) and silver/gray on the underside leaf (abaxial or dorsal) surface. |
Dimensions | When grown outside in zone 9 or warmer, they are a shrubby succulent. Plants grown-in doors are much smaller. |
Propagation | stem cuttings, leaf cuttings |
Native Site | The plant is native to rocks and dry soils in southern and southwestern Madagascar. |
Notes & Reference | #156-San Marcos Growers website (www.smgrowers.com), #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences with other types of similar Kalanchoe |