Species · genus Kalanchoe · Crassulaceae

Marnier's Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe marnieriana H.Jacobsen

Also known as: Marnier Kalanchoe

Growth habit

succulent subshrub

Native range

Madagascar

Reference · K. marnieriana

Cultivars of K. marnieriana

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

Guide

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A succulent subshrub from Madagascar, this plant stores water in its paddle-shaped leaves and wants gritty, fast-draining mix that never stays wet. Give it a bright spot with some direct sun, and water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely — when the top two inches of mix are dry and the leaves feel slightly soft, it is ready for water. Err toward drought; sitting wet will rot the roots and stem.

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

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

13–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings root quickly in dry mix

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Pendant pink bell flowers in late winter with good light

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) contains cardiac glycoside bufadienolides toxic to pets. 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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