Kalanchoe Paddle Plant. Other common names paddle plant contracted panicle flowered kalanchoe. Among the most dramatic succulent plants award winning kalanchoe luciae paddle plant is an impressive evergreen succulent with a basal rosette of thick fleshy rounded leaves 8 in.
The term flapjack or paddle plant is often also used to refer to the less common species kalanchoe thyrsiflora luciae is much more widely available but it can often be mislabelled as thyrsiflora the two plant types are very similar in terms of their appearance and growing requirements. Other common names paddle plant contracted panicle flowered kalanchoe. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora is a succulent plant often confused.
Among the most dramatic succulent plants award winning kalanchoe luciae paddle plant is an impressive evergreen succulent with a basal rosette of thick fleshy rounded leaves 8 in.
Also known as flapjack paddle plant kalanchoe thyrsiflora this succulent kalanchoe plant has with thick rounded paddle shaped leaves the plant is also known as red pancake because the leaves frequently take on a reddish or deep pink tint during the winter. Kalanchoe luciae also known as a paddle plant we also have two possible explanations for the second part of the name luciae which could either refer to saint lucia park a place in south africa where flapjack succulents are endemic or it might honor a woman named mademoiselle lucy dufour who was a close acquaintance of raymond hamet. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora plant is a member of crassulaceae a huge family native to south africa the natural habitats have a water shortage so the members here are well adapted to survive this. Flapjack paddle plant growing in a planter flowers cactus origin and description of the flapjack paddle plant.