Cathedral bells
ಕಾಡುಬಸಳೆपथरचटाபிரையோபில்லம்
Bryophyllum pinnatum
Kew's current name: Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
- light
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- water
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- tall
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- wide
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Crassulaceae
Also called Air Plant, Miracle Leaf, Goethe Plant, Life plant, Leaf of life
Formerly Baumgartenia sobolifera, Bryophyllum calcicola, Bryophyllum calycinum, Bryophyllum germinans, and 8 more
When it flowers
Flowers January to March and July to September 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
- MadagascarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 10 °C (USDA zone 12a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, height, spread, water, 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 April to June and October to December, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers April to June and October to December, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers April to June and October to December, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers April to June and October to December, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers April to June and October to December, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers April to June and October to December, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- root
- akaxukulh, caxi potei, huey atlic
- myn
- sil-al-xiu
- Indonesian
- Sosor Bebek
- Chinese
- 落地生根, 灯笼草
- Hawaiian
- `oliwa ku kahakai, 'oliwa ku kahakai
- Spanish
- Hoja del aire, Tronadora de Madagascar, Hoja del aire de Madagascar
- Russian
- Каланхоэ перистое
- Chinese (China)
- 落地生根
- Japanese
- セイロンベンケイ
- Sinhala
- අක්කපාන
- French
- Kalanchoé penné
- Portuguese
- Saião
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
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, 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: Bryophyllum pinnatum (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.