Kalanchoe Butterfly Succulent. How to grow and care. From kalanchoe blossfeldiana to kalanchoe tomentose.
Iː or kal un koh ee or kal un kee also written kalanchöe or kalanchoë is a genus of about 125 species of tropical succulent flowering plants in the family crassulaceae mainly native to madagascar and tropical africa kalanchoe was one of the first plants to be sent into space sent on a resupply to the soviet salyut 1 space station in 1971. The butterfly lays its eggs on phylloclades and after hatching caterpillars burrow into phylloclades and eat their inside cells. Daigremontiana grows tall stems and long slender leaves the leaves grow new pink plantlets or bulbils that resemble butterflies.
It is better to grow outdoor rather than indoor.
Propagation watering pruning of kalanchoe succulents. The bulbils are pink because they lack chlorophyll but with enough light they can propagate and grow into new. Kalanchoe succulent at crazy plants nursery. Full to partial sun is the best for its growth.