Above photo by "Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)" from "Plants of Hawaii"

Return to This Plant's Category:  Brunfelsia to Centradenia Bryophyllum pinnatum (Kalanchoe pinnata, Cotyledon pinnata), "Life Plant", "Chandelier Plant", "Hawaiian Air Plant", "Oliwa Ku Kahakai"
	Code: 80169 Price: $7.50
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Family: Crassulaceae NEW! 2008 - This succulent plant is often sold to Hawaiian tourists as a souvenir oddity because of its ability to grow small plantlets on its leaf margins, even if just pinned to a curtain in the air. Clustered greenish white to reddish flowers dangle from the flower stalk, as on a chandelier. Fast growing, drought tolerant 2 to 3 feet high. Tolerates almost any conditions, sun or shade, but likes moisture with good drainage. Easy popular house plant. Can also be grown outdoors in mild climates (no frost), but invasive in tropical conditions. Because of this, we are unable to ship this plant to Florida because of it's designated invasive plant status. Has many tribal and herbal medicinal uses. Naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands, but probably native to Madagascar.

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