Kalanchoe kirkii

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Kalanchoe kirkii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Kalanchoe kirkii, N. E. Br. St. 2-4 ft., simple or branched, more or less glandular-pubescent: lower lvs. Soft-fleshy, pubescent oblong to lanceolate, about 4 in. or less long, the petioles to 2 in. long, irregularly crenate- dentate; uppermost lvs. linear-cuneate, nearly or quite entire: fls. brilliant orange-scarlet, in large corymbose cymes; calyx-lobes or sepals (free to base) oblong, acute, green, glandular-pubescent; corolla-tube 1/3 in. long, yellowish green, thinly glandular-pubescent; lobes about ¼ in. long, elliptic, scarlet-orange, red on the back. Trop. Afr. R.H. 1914, p. 21. M.D.G. 1908:521. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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