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Succulents Partly documented

Kalanchoe schizophylla

A scrambling, climbing Kalanchoe from the Madagascan central highlands, with deeply cut leaves and hanging flowers. It comes from humid forest edges at 900–1,700 m, where summers are warm and wet and winters are cool, drier, and bright.

Kalanchoe schizophylla
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restClimber

Where it grows wild

A scrambler of forest margins, thickets, and rocky slopes in the highlands, climbing through shrubs; generalised from the genus and the record sites.

Records span 923–1,700 m (median 1,250 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

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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 3.0 licence, unmodified.