Sign in Start free
Species library › Kalanchoe › Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx
Succulents Partly documented

Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx

A small Malagasy Kalanchoe from the humid eastern forests and highlands, grown for its hanging purple-and-yellow bells. The cultivar 'Wendy' is derived from it. Unlike desert kalanchoes, it comes from mild, wet, misty places.

Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Wild records come mostly from 900–1100 m in Madagascar's humid eastern escarpment. Plants of this group grow on mossy rocks and tree trunks or at the forest edge, in moist air with some shade.

Recorded at 100–2307 m, median about 1040 m.

Madagascar

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

Grow Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe welwitschii Kalanchoe pinnata Kalanchoe beharensis Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Kalanchoe lanceolata Kalanchoe tomentosa Kalanchoe daigremontiana Kalanchoe delagoensis Kalanchoe marmorata Kalanchoe rotundifolia Kalanchoe crenata Kalanchoe longiflora All 188 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.