Kalanchoe Viguier

November 23, 2009

Again, one of plstnatých Kalanchoe species from Madagascar, which appears as a very beautiful plant. Too bad that the stem nevětví too. The plant also produces the bonsai, the youth with wonderfully colored stems and leaves. As an adult, are tomentose only newly budding leaves. Although the plant does not look like Bryophyllum, belongs to this section / genus (depending on taxonomic opinion which he held). Plant flowers big surprise, even zvonkovitého shape, not just the long tubular. According indumenta (set of plant hair) it is clear that, especially in youth is at the site exposed to strong sunlight and low rainfall.

Perennial, up to 2 m high. The stem is independent or weakly branching, erect, hairy when young covered with whitish cover, a star cloth. Gradually rapidly balding, smooth, waxy, reddish. Older stems are olive-brown resinous bark. Křižmo protistojné leaves have stems, 3-12 mm long. The leaves are fleshy, when young tomentose like the stem, with brown edges. Leaf blade is oval to round shape. Je1, 5 - 4.5 cm long and 0.5 to 3.5 cm wide. The top sheet is blunt, the base sheet is round. Margin of leaf blade is solid or nearly solid. Inflorescence is a panicle with a few cherry blossoms, which is bent, 4-9 cm long, 2-8 cm wide. Stopečky are downy, 8-13 mm long. Flowers pendulous, completely tomentose hairs with a star. Calyx green to orange, its tube is 1-3 mm long. Cusps has ovate to triangular, 5-8 mm long, 5 - 6.8 mm wide. The Crown has a bell shape, pink to orange. The tube is 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, triangular chips have to oblong, ending point and are 6-8 mm long and equally wide. Sticks are founded under the middle of corolla tube, slightly protruding. Anthers are ovate, 1.7 to 1.9 mm large. Nektaria round, measuring 0.9 to 1.2 x 1.5 - 2 mm. Karpel are ovate, 8-11 mm long. The pistil is 10 to 16 mm large.

The plant prefers direct sunlight. Then appears brown edged leaves and whitish coloration felt gathering. When grown in the shade of the stem is procumbent, can not bear the crown of leaves. Quickly loses its plstnatos. Even after transfer to light nenapřimuje stem, though it is tougher, so it is very difficult to straighten. It is better to plant the spring habits quickly in direct sunlight. He also manages to free culture. When it rains, however long skováváme. Because thermophilic plant, hates temperatures drop below 10 ° C when the soil moist. Then watered with care, but then profusely. We do not přihnojovat only if we want to achieve early large plants. Soil should be permeable, záhřevná, calcareous. Over the winter the plant will provide as much light. If you grow it at a temperature regime between 10 to 15 ° C, it will need once a month, a little watering. Otherwise, the lower leaves start shedding and risk of complete drying.

Previously the species was classified into the wrong section Kalanchoe. But typical of the cup, setting up bars in the lower half of corolla tube and hanging flowers it clearly classified into sections, or according to other opinions in the genus Bryophyllum. The section Kalanchoe is close to the group strongly hairy, xeromorfních species from southern Madagascar.

Its occurrence is reported in the southwest of Madagascar, in the Mahafaly Plateau, xerofytické in the bush, growing on limestone. in the bushes near Ambovombe, along National Route number. 13, and in Amboasary, Mandrabe near the river, up to 70 km Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin) in southeastern Madagascar Species was first collected by de la Perriere Bâthie in 1910 near the village Lembalemban 'i Mahafaly and Menaradra.

Kalanchoe Viguier Hamet & H. Perrier (Ann. Inst-geological Bot.. Colon. Marseille, ser. 3, 2: 187 - 189, 1914)

Synonyms:
- Kalanchoe Viguier var. latisepala Hamet & H. Perrier (1914)
- Kalanchoe Viguier var. genuine Hamet & H. Perrier (1914)

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