Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe gracilipes)
Description
Kalanchoe gracilipes is a plant of the genus Kalanchoe in the family of Crassulaceae (Crassulaceae). Kalanchoe gracilipes is a perennial , epiphytic , completely bald plant. Its slender, down-base shoots are arched, hanging and up to 60 inches long. At their lower nodes are fibrous roots formed. The green leaves are stalked. The stalk-round petiole is 0.6 to 2.2 inches long. Its elongated, ovate to ovate-round leaf blade is 1 to 3 inches long and 0.5 to 2 inches wide. Its tip is dull, the base wedge-shaped. The leaf margin is deeply notched. The inflorescence consists of loose two to six-flowered bracts. The hanging flowers are on very slender, 12 to 20 millimeters long pedicels . The calyx is green, the calyx tube 2 to 3 millimeters long. The egg-shaped to semicircular Kelchzipfel have a length of 2.5 to 3.5 millimeters and are 3.5 and 4.5 millimeters wide. The urn-shaped corolla is bright red, orange red, yellow, yellowish green or light pink. The Kronröhre is 20 to 25 millimeters long. Their egg-shaped to semi-circular, blunt corolla lobes have a length of about 4 millimeters and are 6 millimeters wide. The stamensare attached in the upper part of the corolla tube and do not protrude from the flower. The spherical dust bags are black. The rectangular Nektarschüppchen have a length of 1 to 1.6 millimeters and are about 1 millimeter wide. The elongated carpel has a length of 8 to 12 millimeters. The stylus is 18 to 20 millimeters long.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Saxifragales
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Family: Crassulaceae
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Genus: Kalanchoe
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