Kalanchoe spend

February 21, 2010

Again, one of prutovitě growing considerably variable species from Madagascar, which was previously assigned to the species Kitchingia. This genus is now classified to the genus Kalanchoe, Bryophyllum section. During the development of taxonomic classification of the species from the genus Kitchingia moved to the genus Bryophyllum genus Kalanchoe. P5es these nomenclatural changes, this kind of decoration, especially with relatively long overall flowers and inflorescence. As a neophyte, we can meet with K. spend almost the entire tropics. Plants are grown as an ornamental because in the gardens, and escaped from the surrounding countryside zplaněly.

A perennial plant reaching a height of 30-80 cm. The stem is procumbent at base, then rising and upright growth. The stem is simple, thin, rod-shaped cone, completely glabrous surface. Near the base to create airy, supportive, chůdovité roots, reddish color. The leaves have a cylindrical shank, or are sedentary. Stems are 1-4 cm long, strongly based on expanding and characteristically objímavé, with two irregular wings. Leaf blade fleshy, very variable in shape, sometimes more or less shield like. Most of the egg-shaped, roundish ovate, oblong, tapering lopatkovitý, sometimes trifoliate. The peak is a blunt, rounded up to the ridges on the top. Base of leaf blade is rounded up to half heart-shaped, and ouškovitá objímavá when the stem is missing. The blade margin is crenate, serrated or wavy, sometimes with red dots. Inflorescence is a loose corymb or cyme Latn with many flowers, tall 7-20 cm. Neopylené flowers with perverting the propagule. Stopečky are 7-20 mm long, flowers are pendulous, overhanging. Yellowish green cup has a bell shape. Calyx tube is 4.5 - 7 mm long. Sepals triangular chips have up to half round shape with a pointed peak. Length of leaflets is 4-8 mm and width 5-8 mm. The Crown has a cylindrical bell shape. The tube is 22-35 mm long. Crown corners are triangular to semi-circular format, the top is pointed. Tails with a length of 4-65 mm and a width of 5-7 mm. The color is bright red crown, chips sometimes colored in yellow or orange. Sticks are set up near the base of corolla tube and are mostly submerged, and only rarely slightly protrude. Anthers are spherical with a length of about 1.6 mm. Nektaria almost cubic shape, notched at the top with dimensions from 0.9 to 1.4 mm. Karpel has an elongated oval shape with a length of 8-11 mm. The pistil of size 20-25 mm. The seeds are obovate, about 0.8 mm large.

Its occurrence is recorded on the central plateau of Madagascar, where it occupies a thorny bush in Ambatofinandrahana, Fianarantsoa, ​​Ambatomenaloha, Andringita, neighborhood Mahatsiniorana, Ibity mountains, and surrounding Antanariva Ambohitantely.

Plants are very sensitive to arid conditions. After 3 weeks of drought pass metabolism in the normal type in the CAM. Speed ​​accelerates the transition to short days.

With the growing long-term I do not have experience. Based on current experience, the kind of very easy cultivation. Kalanchoe spend tolerates both full sun and shade. The composition of the soil shall be free from addiction. Tolerates drought and long-term growth in the middle period (and 4 weeks) without toppings. If you water the plant more frequently rewarded with intense plant growth. Very early it meets moisture. On the surface moisture in the plant responds to intensive production of air, chůdovitých roots. Their color after exposure to moisture is intensely dark burgundy. The plants are not fertilized or not. In winter, give temperatures above 12 ° C and a brighter place. Otherwise it will soon pull. If umístníme plant into the environment with a temperature above 18 ° C, sufficient shade (even in winter conditions of Central Europe), the plant does not pertain. Watering is then common for the winter - once a month provlhčíme substrate surface. The best way of growing seems to me the location of plants in a shallow, wide bowls, which stand in the shade. When fertilized with either after all, always phosphorus fertilizer. Kalanchoe mini us to reward the creation of dense vegetation prutovitého, richly flowering.

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Kalanchoe & spend Hilsenberg Bojer ex Tulasne, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., Ser. 4, 8: 149, 1857

Synonym:

Kitchingia mini (Bojer ex Hilsenberg & Tulasne) Baker, 1882

Bryophyllum miniatum (Bojer ex Hilsenberg & Tulasne) A. Berger, 1930

Kalanchoe subpeltata Baker, 1887

Kalanchoe spend [?] Subpeltata (Baker) H. Perrier, 1924

Kalanchoe spend [?] Andringitrensis H. Perrier, 1924

Bryophyllum miniatum var. andringitrense (H. Perrier) Hort. ZSS (in)

Kalanchoe spend [?] Confertifolia H. Perrier, 1924

Kalanchoe spend [?] Subsessilis H. Perrier, 1924

Kalanchoe spend [?] Typica H. Perrier, 1924

Kalanchoe spend var. Mannoni & Boiteau sicaformis, 1948

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