Bryophyllum daigremontianum
Kalanchoe daigremontiana
Kalanchoe daigremontiana is a plant of the genus Kalanchoe in the family Crassulaceae ( Crassulaceae ). It is distributed as a houseplant.
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- 4.2 Notes and references
Description
Vegetative characteristics
The upright, biennial to perennial, succulent plant reaches heights of growth from 30 to 150 centimeters. The simple, brownish stems are erect or decumbent - erect. The triangular pointed, dark green, pink green to purple-green, brownish-red mottled, fleshy leaves are 15 to 28 inches long and 2-5 inches wide. The stalk comprehensive petioles have a length of 2 up to 5 centimeters. Numerous leaf buds form on the notched leaf margins.
Kalanchoe daigremontiana is very variable in size and color of the leaves.
Inflorescences and flowers
The Vielblütige inflorescence is a loose, Rispige Zyme. The flower stalk is 5-11 mm long. The hanging or splayed flowers are hermaphroditic and cruciform. The four sepals are fused together into a 2.5 to 6 mm long calyx tube which terminates in triangular pointed calyx lobes 3-5 mm in length and 2.2 to 3.6 mm width. The four reddish to purple petals are fused glockig. The corolla tube is 16 to 19 millimeters long. Your obovate, acuminate corolla lobes have a length of 7 to 8 millimeters and a width of 3.5 to 4.5 millimeters. There are two circles, each provided with four stamens; they are attached below the center of the corolla. The upper stamens protrude from the corolla tube. 1.2 to 25 millimeters large anthers are reniform. The approximately 1.5 to 2 mm long and 0.3 to 1 millimeter wide Nektarschüppchen are more or less rectangular with a blunt tip to ausgerandeten. The four carpels are about 6 millimeters long. The stylus has a length of 11-15 millimeters.
Per flower four follicles are formed which have a length of 7 to 10 millimeters and a width of 2 to 4 millimeters. The tiny seeds have a size of 0.6 to 1 millimeter × 0.2 to 0.3 millimeters.
Systematics and distribution
The first description was in 1914 by the two French botanist Raymond - Hamet and Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie. The epithet of the kind they dedicated the couple Daigremont, members of the Botanical Society of France were. Alwin Berger presented the species as Bryophyllum daigremontianum in the body recognized by genus Bryophyllum.
Kalanchoe daigremontiana is common in the southwest of Madagascar in open forests on sand or limestone. It grows wild in some tropical countries (eg India).
Pictures
Formation of a flower
Inflorescence