Mother of Thousands
Kalanchoe laetivirens Desc.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Crassulaceae
Also called Crenatodaigremontiana
Formerly Bryophyllum laetivirens
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent biennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Madagascar (Isalo Massif)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from PlantLust, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from PlantLust, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from PlantLust, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from PlantLust, one source
- Flowers
- Red, pinkRead from PlantLust, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from PlantLust, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Portuguese
- Mãe-de-milhares
- Chinese (China)
- 灰绿落地生根
- Chinese
- 蕾絲公主, 蕾絲姑娘
- Japanese
- コダカラ, 子宝
- Spanish
- Madre de miles, Mala Madre
- Thai
- เศรษฐีพันล้าน
- Turkish
- Doğuran Çiçek
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- PlantLust, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Kalanchoe laetivirens (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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