Posted by admin | Posted in Flowers and plants database, Info Corner | Posted on 25-03-2009
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Kalanchoe/Bryophyllum is one of the genera under the leave succulent family Crassulaceae. The other genera, such as Echeveria, Crassula, Pachphytum and Aeonium, from the same family are far more popular. Their diversity of compact and symmetrical forms (compact rosettes or 4-angled column) make them very very attractive to succulent collectors. While Kalanchoes/Bryophyllum may not have such geometrical neatness in their form, they win many of the hearts of succulent lovers by their wide range of leaves shape and colour. They are also more robustness. Kalanchoes/Bryophyllum can tolerate more neglect, more water, and of course one of the easiest to raise from stem or leave cuttings. Several species are so robust and propagate themselves so freely that they are considerated notorious weed in the tropics and subtropics. Several examples come to mind: Bryophyllum delagoensis (syn. K. tubiflora), B. daigremontianum (syn. K. daigremontiana), B. ‘Houghton’s hybrid’ (a hybrid of B. delagoensis and B. daigremontianum created by A. D. Houghton in the 1930s), are all commonly named ‘Mother of Thousands’1,2. Others such as Kalanchoe blossfeldiana and its many varieties are very common popular indoor flowering houseplant.
