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Chandelier plant Kalanchoe tubiflora
From: The tropics in Africa
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: Full sun and relatively scant water will keep the chandelier plant content. It will grow tiny plantlets at the tips of its stick like leaves which will keep you in good supply of new plants.
Text & Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2010

Donkey's Ears, Life Plant, Palm Beachbells, Miracle Leaf, Tree of Life Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri, Bryophyllum gastonis-bonnieri, K. adolph-engleri, B. adolph-engleri
This is a rather large leaved form of kalanchoe. What you see in the photograph on the left are leaves about 3 or 4" long.
From: Madagascar
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: This plant will grow to be at least 2' tall and will need some space to the sides as well. It likes to be in bright semi shade and will do just fine with a somewhat restricted amount of water. It is not frost hardy.
Text & Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2010

Elephant Ear Kalanchoe Encephalartos horridus
From: Madagascar
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011.
Planting and Care: This is a lovely member of the family and it is equally easy to care for. Give it full sun or a semi shady place in the garden if you life in a warm place. It can handle light frost, but would prefer to be inside in any kind of real winter conditions.

Kalanchoe, Flapjack Kalanchoe, Desert Cabbage Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
I found this beautiful plant at a small hotel where we took a much needed short break while driving from the city of Oaxaca to the coastline of the State of Oaxaca. Once leaving the city the drive was spectacular, but the road was narrow and the mountain switchbacks tiring. This stop along the way was yet one more lovely visual surprise that day.
Photographed: High in the mountains in San Jose Pacifico, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Text and Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2010

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**Kalanchoe Mystery #1
On the left is a photograph of this plant taken in December in our below deck garden where at that time of year it is in a bright, but shady area. In the photograph below it is the same plant still flowering in late May when it is in full sun almost all day. Its leaves have taken on a bronze coloring and the entire plant is thriving.
Text and Photographs Copyrighted ©KO 2009/2010

Kalanchoe Mystery #2
This little treasure bloomed for months, but seemingly never produced a seed I could take away with me.
Photographed: In the garden of our apartment in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Planting and Care: This kalanchoe had been growing in a clay pot in a semi shady area for years. It was watered, but irregularly, and it didn't seem to matter.
Text and Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2010

Paddle Leaf Kalanchoe Kalanchoe luciae
Like the Flapjack Kalanchoe above this is an especially appealing member of the Kalanchoe family.
From: South Africa
Photographed: At the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: Plant in full sun and give it a reasonable amount of water and the paddle leaf will be off and running. It is not a slow grower.
Text and Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2010

Pussy Ears, Panda Plant Kalanchoe tomentosa
This furry plant is striking even in a garden of other unusual plants.
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: Like other kalanchoes, this one prefers full sun and only a moderate amount of water.
Text & Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2010

Kapok Tree, Silk Cotton Tree, Ceiba Tree Ceiba pentandra
This stunning tree will grow as tall as 150 feet. Beginning in May and lasting into June in Montserrat the feathery fluffy seeds fly through the air and sometimes float on our pool. It is a magical time that I'm sure the pool man would describe another way.
Benefits: Its pods are a source of the cottony material once used in life preservers as it is water repellant. In past days it was also used to stuff mattresses and pillows.
Photographed: Beside the road in a couple of different areas of Montserrat at different times of the year.
Text and Photographs Copyrighted ©KO 2008

Kniphofia
There are many varieties this plant which has red, orange and yellow fleshy flowers which grow on a spike with blooms arriving normally in late summer. It is one of my husband's favorites!
Photograph: Taken of market flowers in Oaxaca, Mexico.
To see more of the city visit our travelers information site, www.Oaxaca-Today.com
Planting and Growth: It likes full sun or semi shade and a moderate amount of water, though it is a tough plant that will survive without assistance during times of drought. Kniphofia do not like to be moved so think ahead before you plant one.
Text and Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2008/2010

Knotweed Polygonum capitatum
This makes an ideal decorative addition to stone walls or walkways. It is oddly appealing and very unintrusive.
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: This very small low and fast growing perennial will do fine in full sun or low light. I suspect it is a member of the weed family which is just fine by me.
Text and Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2010

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