20 Amazing Kalanchoe Varieties You Will Love

Kalanchoe varieties are for you if you want bright, colorful flowers or attractive foliage to decorate your space that still symbolizes love and prosperity.

Maintaining the optimum temperature and light can let your Kalanchoe varieties grace your garden for longer.

12 Amazing Kalanchoe Varieties you will Love

Kalanchoe is succulent; we all know succulents do not generally demand high maintenance.

They adore extra sunlight compared to other plants and give you skin care and health benefits.

Here is the list of 20 Amazing Kalanchoe Varieties to add to your plant collection.

1. Kalanchoe pumila (Flower Dust Plant)

On top of our list of beautiful Kalanchoe varieties is the Flower Dust Kalanchoe, with its oblong-shaped long leaves covered with waxy hairs, which gives it a dusty appearance.

Moreover, the succulent grows to clump, making it look bushier. Pumila extends a foot in length and is perfect for indoor decors.

You might witness small pink-violet flowers of yellow anthers on maturity from late winter to spring.

2.  Kalanchoe beharensis (Felt Bush)

Felt Bush or Kalanchoe beharensis is an evergreen shrub that grows about 3–5 ft (1–2 m) tall.

Further, its hairy olive green leaves arranged decussately (leaves pairing at right angles to each other) give a brown dwarf an appealing look.

When the plant matures, it produces small urn-shaped clustered red-orange or greenish-yellow flowers in the spring and summer.

If you want golden bronze leaves, the best place to grow them is outdoors. Nonetheless, they can easily be grown indoors, but the leaves lack tint and bear white or silver color.

3. Kalanchoe rotundifolia (Common Kalanchoe)

It is one of the beautiful Kalanchoe varieties with fleshy rounded, or lobed leaves and erect stems.

These plant flaunts leaves with orange backside and is 2.5cm broad, clustered at the base of stems.

Further, the long slender stems bear yellow or orange flowers from fall to early winter. When the flower grows old or matures, it turns red and twisted.

4. Kalanchoe luciae (Oricula)

Oricula stands out among the Kalanchoe varieties for being a mutant of Kalanchoe luciae.

Besides, Oricula grows up to 60 cm tall and is covered with a powdery white coating that protects it from excessive sun exposure.

However, when grown indoors, they require a few hours of direct morning light and afternoon shades.

5. Lanin Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana ‘Lanin’ is not your ordinary houseplant. Instead, they want their substrate loose and ventilated with good water permeability.

They can easily be grown outdoors if your area has warm or mild winters. But harsh winters and extreme summers damage its foliage, and in such conditions, bring your plant indoors.

Moreover, it produces clusters of bright orange flowers on top of the vibrant green leaves. The flowers bloom in spring.

These annual succulents can grow as high as 12 inches.

6. Kalanchoe scapigera (Mealy Kalanchoe)

The almost circular leaved Mealy Kalanchoe grows up to 45 cm (18″).

Placing these Mealy plants as a center decore could liven up any dull space with its branched cylindrical and stout stem.

Unfortunately, this variety is slightly difficult to find, adding it to the list of higher-priced Kalanchoe.

Interestingly, the Mealy plant has a coating of white powdery substance protection it from extreme sunlight.

7. Kalanchoe marmorata (Pemwiper Plant)

Penwiper Plant, or spotted Kalanchoe, is another name for Kalanchoe marmorata. 

These beautiful succulents eventually produce star-shaped flowers that bloom from winter to early spring.

The ‘Pemwiper’ variety is well adapted to grow outdoors.

However, if you want them indoors, a southern or western-facing window is good to meet their light requirements.

Further, you can use the plant as office decor for a hint of freshness.

8. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora (Flapjacks)

Kalanchoe thyrsiflora originated from South Africa, commonly known as flapjacks, desert cabbage, and white lady.

Like Kalanchoe luciae, they have gray-green fleshy leaves arranged in a rosette pattern with red edges. 

These succulents have large paddle-like leaves, which often confuses with Kalanchoe luciae.

Moreover, they are covered with white powdery substances to protect themselves from extreme sunlight.

They bear inflorescence, which produces densely clustered green flowers, waxy with yellow recurved lobes. These flowers bloom from winter to spring.

9. Kalanchoe orgyalis (Copper Spoon)

The species name orgyalis is derived from the Greek word ‘orgya’, a classic measurement of 6 feet distance, representing the plant’s size and growth.

The cinnamon-colored leaves on its tops and bronze-gray on the undersides make it one of the beautiful kalanchoe varieties.

Besides its stunning foliage, it produces bright yellow clustered flowers that bloom from late winter to late spring.

These double-toned succulents are suitable to grow indoors and outdoors as they are low-maintenance plants.

10. Kalanchoe uniflora (Coral Bells)

You might know these succulents as Coral Berry, Winter Bells, and Trailing Kalanchoe.

Coral bells have trailing or climbing stems, perfect for growing in hanging baskets.

Similarly, it bears slender and prostrate stems that root when it comes in contact with the soil and favorable environment.

Furthermore, they adore the sun, but extreme exposure might cause the burning of flowers and foliage.

So, keep them where they receive sufficient indirect light with a few hours of the morning or afternoon shade.

10 Additional Kalanchoe Varieties

Note: All of the species of Kalanchoe are toxic as they contain cardiac glycosides that are toxic. So, keep your children and pets away from Kalanchoe.

Basic Kalanchoe Plant Care

The Kalanchoe tomentosa (Fuzzy Kalanchoe) varieties belong to the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae), native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. 

Here are some basic care tips that I have been following to keep my Kalanchoe happy.

• The best place to grow Kalanchoe is a western or southern-facing window with ample sunlight.
• To protect from high-intensity sunlight, draw light curtains that block direct light.
• Avoid placing your Kalanchoe varieties near cold, drafty vents or heating vents, as it causes temperature fluctuation.
• Use a fast-draining potting mix for proper structure and pore space, preventing soggy roots.
• Fertilize your Kalanchoe with all-purpose liquid fertilizer, balanced NKP fertilizer (20-20-20), or any organic fertilizer twice or thrice a year during summer and spring.
• Maintain a 30-50% humidity around the plant using a humidifier or grouping all the houseplants together. 
• Ensure to water your plant twice a week in the summer, reducing it to twice a month in the winter. Before watering, check the dryness of the soil to avoid overwatering.
• Since water droplet on the leaves harbors pests, avoid misting the plant regularly.
• To enhance plant growth, prune your Kalanchoes right after they bloom. Trimming the branches annually helps to develop more blossoms.
• Consider repotting the plant once it outgrows the pot, or a sign of rootbound (root peeking out of the drain hole, low water retention, and droopy plant) appears.

FAQs About Kalanchoe Varieties

Does Kalanchoe like sun or shade?

Kalanchoe can withstand a low-light indoor setting but grows best in bright indirect sunlight.

However, the plant should have 14 hours of the dark period to promote budding and bloom.

What to do with Kalanchoe after flowering?

Many gardeners prune down the faded blooms to encourage robust growth next season.

The best time to do that would be at the end of the blooming season (at the end of the spring).