Species · genus Kalanchoe · Crassulaceae

Lavender Scallops

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier

Growth habit

succulent subshrub

Native range

Madagascar

Reference · K. fedtschenkoi

Cultivars of K. fedtschenkoi

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

Guide

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A succulent subshrub from Madagascar, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi stores water in its fleshy, scalloped leaves and is built for dry, sunny conditions with sharp drainage. Give it bright light with some direct sun and a gritty, fast-draining mix. Water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely — when the top several inches are bone dry and the leaves no longer feel firm — as standing moisture rots it quickly.

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

Well-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Leaf or stem cuttings callused then rooted

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed once or twice in summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Small orange bells in late winter; grown for blue-grey leaves

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) contains bufadienolide cardiac glycosides toxic to cats and dogs. 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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