Kalanchoe bhidei

Kalanchoe bhidei T.Cooke, Fl. Bombay 1: 467 1903. ;

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Erect herbs, to 40 cm high. Leaves 10-15 x 7 cm, elliptic, obtuse, crenate, sessile; upper leaves acute. Panicles 25 cm across, spreading; pedicels 5 mm long. Flowers many; sepals 6 x 1 mm, lanceolate, connate at base; corolla tube 1 cm long, lobes 5 x 3 mm, ovate, cuspidate, yellow; filaments 2.5 cm long, attached on the middle of corolla tube; anthers orbicular; ovaries 5 mm long; style 3 mm long, glabrous.
Flowering and fruiting: November-May
Grasslands
Western Ghats (endemic)
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)


23-TSP-ID-08JAN2016-1: Crassulaceae sp for ID : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)

Kindly identify this specimen. Could this be Kalanchoe bhidei (Crassulaceae)....?

Ref: http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=1282&cat=1 

Habit: Succulent herb 

Habitat: Wild, Occurring in wastelands by the roadside. 

Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 900 msl 

Date: 21-01-2014

winter color? or year round the same color of leaves?
No idea
The colour of leaves remains the same round the year.
Thanks ... for your inputs. Any idea about the ID...?
You are right in thinking it to be Kalanchoe bhidei T.Cooke., an endemic species.


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