Species · genus Kalanchoe · Crassulaceae

Crenatodaigremontiana

Kalanchoe laetivirens Desc.

Also known as: Mother Of Thousands

Growth habit

succulent biennial or subshrub

Native range

Madagascar

Reference · K. laetivirens

Cultivars of K. laetivirens

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No named cultivars catalogued under K. laetivirens 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 fleshy leaves and resents sitting wet. Plant it in gritty, fast-draining mix and water only when the top several inches have gone fully dry; it tolerates drought far better than excess moisture. It can take some direct sun once acclimated, but bright indirect light is the safe default indoors.

Care recipe

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Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

13–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Abundant leaf-edge plantlets, potted up once rooted

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors; prized for its foliage

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) contain bufadienolide cardiac glycosides 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 10-21d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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