Kalanchoe Flapjack Flower. Kalanchoe is a large genus of about 125 species of tropical succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. This is how those in my window box looked in March of last year.
With large paddle-shaped fleshy green leaves edged in red flapjack kalanchoe Kalanchoe thyrsiflora more commonly called simply flapjack it makes a visual splash in the garden. Many are grown for their flowers but flapjacks sometimes used as a common name other times indicated as a cultivar is prized for its foliage. Kalanchoe was one of the first plants to be sent into space sent on a resupply to the Soviet Salyut 1 space station in 1979.
Kalanchoe is a very large genus of diverse plants in the stonecrops family Crassulaceae.
Kalanchoe was one of the first plants to be sent into space sent on a resupply to the Soviet Salyut 1 space station in 1979. To display flower buds these succulent plants require winter lighting conditions with a temperature ranging from 40F 4C to 45F 7C at night and 60F 16C during the day. 18032021 Paddle Plant Kalanchoe thyrsiflora or Kalanchoe luciae. With large paddle-shaped fleshy green leaves edged in red flapjack kalanchoe Kalanchoe thyrsiflora more commonly called simply flapjack it makes a visual splash in the garden.