Meet My Florist Kalanchoe

Meeting #3

Florist kalanchoe. Photo taken by the author.

My Florist kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) was one of my compulsive purchases from one nursery about five years ago. It is native to Madagascar and became a house plant in the first quarter of the 1900s. It’s a succulent called by many names like Flaming katy, Christmas kalanchoe, and Madagascar widow’s-thrill.