Species · genus Kalanchoe · Crassulaceae

Chandelier Plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Also known as: Mother Of Millions · Mother Of Thousands · Lizard Plant

Growth habit

succulent subshrub

Native range

Madagascar

Reference · K. delagoensis

Cultivars of K. delagoensis

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under K. delagoensis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A succulent subshrub from Madagascar that stores water in its narrow, plantlet-bearing leaves and rots if kept wet. Give it gritty, fast-draining mix and the brightest spot you have, ideally some direct sun. Water deeply only once the soil has dried out completely, when the mix is dry several inches down and the leaves begin to feel slightly soft.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

10–32 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining succulent mix

Propagation

Tip plantlets on cylindrical leaves root readily

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed sparingly in the growing season

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Orange-red drooping bells in winter

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Crassulaceae of this group contain bufadienolide cardiac glycosides, which are toxic if ingested. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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