Kalanchoe orygalis (Copper spoons, Kalanchoe)

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Plant description

Kalanchoe orygalis is a perennial succulent plant with interesting copper coloured foliage. The leaves are rounded, with brown upper surfaces and silvery reverses, and are covered with fine felty hairs. In winter mature plants bear panicles of green-yellow flowers, but this plant is grown for the interesting foliage. It can grow from 1 to 1.5 metres tall. It is a drought tolerant and easy care plant but needs a well drained soil. It is not frost tolerant. It grows in a sunny to part shaded postion. It is performs well in containers, as well as being a good garden plant.

Propagation is by woody stem cuttings, also by leaf cuttings.

Additional plant information

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow
Flowering season: winter

Plant size

Maximum height: 1.5 metres
Minimum height: 1 metres

Maximum width: not specified
Minimum width: not specified

Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance

This plant will tolerate full or partial sunlight.
Light frost tolerance.
Plant is salt tolerant.

Fauna attracting?

Yes. Attracts: Insects, bees.

Climate

This plant species will grow in the following climates: temperate, subtropical, tropical, arid.

Soil types & conditions

Loam: dry, moist, well-drained.

Clay: not specified.

Sand: dry, moist, well-drained.

Soil pH: 6.1-7.8

Diseases

leaf spot, root rot in wet conditions

Pests

Meraly bug, aphids

Miscellaneous information

Planting season: Any.

Types of fertiliser: not specified.

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