English: Chandelier Plant; Mother of millions; Devil’s backbone.
Synonym: Bryophyllum delagoense; Kalanchoe Tubiflora.
Genus: 40 species.
Region:
Madagascar; invasive in eastern Australia, Pacific islands, United States.
Habitat: terrestrial; drought tolerant.
Content: bufadienolide; cardiac glycosides.
Use: ornamental.
BotanyShrub; succulent; perennial; evergreen; self-supporting; 50 to 90 cm tall; 60 cm wide; photoautotroph; propagating vegetatively from plantlets that develop on its leaf margins.
Stem: single; upright.
Leaves: simple, broad; linear; cylindrical; green with darker spots; grow in an irregular pattern: ± 12 cm long.
Inflorescence: clusters of flowers.
Flowers: orange to reddish; tubular; blooming in winter.
Pollination: by Violet-crowned hummingbird.