General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 18 to 30 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 24 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: Bluish-green, covered with a purplish-waxy bloom, often with pink to reddish-purple margins. Leaves may turn a reddish shade when grown in strong sunlight or drought conditions.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Pinkish-purple bracts with reddish-orange flowers
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Houseplant
Uses: Groundcover
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Other: The flowers are the most toxic part.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Leaf
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Lavender Scallops
  • Kalanchoe Stonecrop
  • Kalanchoe
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
  • Synonym: Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi

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Location: Arenas Valley, NM My Home
Date: 2018-11-09
Location: Arenas Valley, NM My Home
Date: 2018-11-09
Location: St. James, Florida
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-12-18
Location: my deck/Fair Lawn NJ
Date: February 23. 2022
Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2023-03-03
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-09-01
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Date: 2022-03-26
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2018-10-07
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Date: 2022-03-26

Date: 2018-02-21
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-12-22
Location: my deck
Date: February 23.2022
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2018-01-12
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-01-30
etiolation
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-01-30
etiolation
Photo by hlutzow
Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2023-03-03
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-28

Date: 2019-09-14

Date: 2014-07-05
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2017-01-23
Location: Cypress Gardens, Florida
Location: Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 11.20.22
Air roots
Location:  Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 11.06.22
Scalloped leaf edges
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2017-10-03
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-02
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2017-01-23
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2018-06-10
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-01-08
About 3 weeks after removing leaf from mama plant.  ***Dec. 2022
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2017-01-18
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2011-02-09
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-08-30
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-05-21
After a few yrs, this individual has developed a lignified trunk.
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-03-30
Location: My terrace garden, Jamshedpur- India
Date: 2019-01-23
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-02-17
etiolation
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2017-01-24
Location: At our garden - San Joaquin County, CA
Date: 2013-06-23
A new Kalanchoe for our collection
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-12-27
freeze-ruined foliage, limp stems & discolored leaves
Photo by purpleinopp
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-20
Location: South Georgia, USA
Date: 2017-08-28
Location: Maryland
Date: February 13 2016
after the blooms, new growth is emerging from where the blooms dr
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-12-24
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2014-12-30
Babies forming at the edge of a leaf removed from mama plant abou
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-05-05
New stems forming at almost every node after main stem was cut a
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-10-02
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-10-15
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-09-24
Tons of prominent aerial roots.
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-02
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-03-05

Date: 2014-08-06
Aerial roots and new growth on recently cut stem.
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-06-03
Tons of prominent aerial roots.
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-12-17

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2017-01-13
Frozen extra plants that wouldn't fit in greenhouse, after 3 nigh
Location: At our garden - San Joaquin County, CA
Date: 2013-07-10
new plantlets forming at the leaf edges of Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-05-12
Sunburned older leaves, not adjusted gradually enough when going

Date: 2014-07-22
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-20
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-20
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-02-18
Location: Opp, AL
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2017-02-03
Location: Louisville
Date: 2020-03-14
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-12-24
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