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Kalanchoe orgyalis
Copper Spoons, Cinnamon Bear, Leather Plant, Shoe Leather Kalanchoe
Origin: Native to southern and south-western Madagascar.
| Family |
| Crassulaceae |
| Genus |
| Kalanchoe |
| Species |
| orgyalis |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Kalanchoe antanosiana, Kalanchoe cantonasyana |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 9b - 11b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| ?3.9 - 10 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 25 - 50 |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A slow-growing, much-branched plant, up to 1.8 m tall. |
| Landscape |
| Rock gardens, borders, potted indoor and patio plant, containers or as a specimen. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in a sheltered location in partial sun to light shade areas and well-drained soil containing loam and sand. In more temperate climates, grow under glass with good ventilation. Add perlite and sand to the loam-based potting mix. Strong southern light can burn the tips of the leaves. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Mealybugs and vine weevil. |
| Habitat |
| It grows among shrubs on rocky outcrops and dry soils. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Erect, branched and vigorous. Young shoots are long haired. |
| Leaf Description |
| Stalked, oblong spatulate-ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, that fold upward from the middle, pointed at apex and narrowed at the base, 5-15 cm long and 3.5-10 cm wide, green, bronze or rusty brown, with a grey-green or silver colour on the underside. The upper side of the leaves is covered with a characteristic, felt-like, pubescence formed by minute star-shaped, cinnamon coloured, hairs that eventually age to the same colour as the lower surface. Petiole 5-15 mm long. Margin entire. |
| Flower Description |
| Bright yellow, erect or spreading in terminal clusters at the branch tips. Pedicel 5-15 mm long. Corolla urn-shaped, four-edged, very fleshy, yellow, glabrous or long haired. Segments, spreading ovate-triangular, with a thin pointed tip, 2.5-5 mm long and 3-6 mm wide. Tube almost circular to egg-shaped, fleshy, tapered and slightly constricted above, 3-5 mm long and 1-3 mm wide. Stamens attached above the middle of the tube and not protruding above the corolla. Anthers ovate and 1.5-2 mm long. Nectar-glands trapezoidal to semicircular about 1.5 mm long. Carpel 6-10 mm long, stylus 2-2.5 mm long. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. |
| Propagation |
| By seed or offsets in spring as well as leaf and stem cuttings. |
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