Kalanchoe Pinnata Plant

$9.99

Kalanchoe pinnata, also known as the Air Plant, Life Plant, Miracle Leaf, Goethe Plant and the Katakataka is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. It is distinctive for the profusion of miniature plantlets that form on the margins of its leaves, a trait it has in common with the other members of the Bryophyllum section of the Kalanchoe genus. It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in temperate regions of Asia, the Pacific and Caribbean. Flowers resemble elongated balloons before opening. This is a fun plant to own and can provide many plants for gardening friends. Kalanchoe pinnata has become naturalized in temperate regions of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, Macaronesia, Mascarenes, Galapagos, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Hawaii. It is also widely distributed in the Philippines and it is known as katakataka or kataka-taka which is also an adjective meaning astonishing or remarkable.

Much of the reason for the widespread naturalization of this plant can be traced to its popularity as a garden plant. The writer Johann Wolfgang von Goether who also was an amateur naturalist of some repute - was "passionately fond" of this plant and liked to give the baby plantlets as gifts to friends who visited his home. He also discussed his air plant at length in an essay titled Geschichte meiner botanischen Studien ("History of my botanical studies").

The plant you will receive is approximately 12 - 16" tall and fills it's 4" pot. It is ready for a larger pot or placement in your garden where weather permits. It is an ideal houseplant, but it will also do very well outside in zones 9-12.

We do not ship plants internationally. We do not ship plants to Arizona.