Kolanchoe "kalandiva"

Kalanchoe, Kalandiva Kalanchoe blossfeldiana 'Calandiva' - a very popular variety Terry Kalanchoe Blossfeld, its multileaf flowers like miniature roses. Painting colors Calandiva very different - white, yellow, pink, red. Plants are compact, profuse flowering.

Lighting Kalanchoe light-loving flower, it needs bright, intense light from direct sunlight, preferably in the morning and/or evening. To growing Kalanchoe is well suited East and West window on the South window may need shading during the hottest hours of the day at noon, in winter, shading is not required even on the South windowsill. Species with hairy leaves, like Kalanchoe felt, more tolerant of direct hot sun, in a shaded place do not grow absolutely, stretch and shrinking sheets. But Kalanchoe blossfelda blooms profusely only with enough light and a long photoperiod. In winter, when supplementary lighting is also possible to blossom, as the rest period is not obligatory for him. Watering Kalanchoe watering like all succulent plants moderately during the growth period and flowering (spring and summer), the fall less. In the winter, depending on temperature, the presence of the cold rest period watering is limited. The drying Kalanchoe transferred relatively easily, and excessive watering can lead to death of the plant. The General rule of watering Kalanchoe - compulsory drying of the upper part of the soil. In the summer the ground should dry out in the upper third of the pot, in the winter at 2/3 depth of the pot, i.e. almost completely. So deep to check the ground on the humidity difficult, so feel the soil from the top once it dries, wait with the watering a few days when the temperature is about 22-26°C and a day or two at 18-22°C is 3-4 days, if it is below 18°C after drying wait about another week.