Flaming Katy
കലാൻചോ ബ്ലോസ്ഫെൽഡിയാനলাল পাথরকুচি ফুল
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Crassulaceae
Also called Madagascar widow's thrill, Florist Kalanchoe, Christmas kalanchoe, Madagascar widow's-thrill
When it flowers
Flowers May to October in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- NE. MadagascarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 30 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–18 in; Wikipedia 30–45 cm
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–12 in; Wikipedia 10–50 cm
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, orange, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- 4.5 °C (USDA zone 11a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -1.1 °C; Wikipedia 10 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers November to April, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers November to April, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers November to April, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers November to April, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers November to April, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers November to April, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- oreja de ratón, Kalanchoe de Madagascar, Brujita
- Chinese
- 家樂花, 多花伽藍菜, 長壽花
- Russian
- Каланхоэ Блоссфельда, Каланхоэ Блосфельда
- Japanese
- ベニバナベンケイ, ベニベンケイ
- Czech
- kolopejka vděčná
- Swedish
- våreld, Våreld
- Chinese (China)
- 长寿花, 圣诞伽蓝菜
- Portuguese
- Flor-da-fortuna
- Catalan
- Kalancoe
- Italian
- Calandiva
- Lithuanian
- Raudonžiedė kalankė
- Danish
- Koraltop
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.