Species · genus Kalanchoe · Crassulaceae

Panda Plant

Kalanchoe tomentosa Baker

Growth habit

succulent subshrub

Native range

Madagascar

Reference · K. tomentosa

Cultivars of K. tomentosa

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

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

Guide

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A succulent subshrub from the arid regions of Madagascar, with fuzzy, water-storing leaves built to endure drought. It wants gritty, fast-draining mix and the brightest light you can offer, including some direct sun. Water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely — let the top two inches be fully dry, and err toward waiting longer, as its fleshy leaves rot far more easily than they thirst.

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 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

Leaf cuttings laid on dry mix, kept barely moist

Fertilizing

Light succulent feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors; grown for its felted silver leaves

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Crassulaceae of the genus Kalanchoe contain cardiac bufadienolide 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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