Kalanchoe  marmorata (A selected clone)
Paddle shaped blue-green leaves with spectacular purple markings.
The brown/purple blotches need light to develop fully.

Scientific name: Kalanchoë marmorata

Origin:  Ethiopia, Erythrea, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan

Habitat: Grows on hill ridges where the drainage is excellent.

Common Name: Penwiper (Pen Wiper) Plant
 

• Kalanchoe grandiflora
• Kalanchoe macrantha
• Kalanchoe somaliensis

Description: Leaf succulent, up to 30 cm. Offsets and grows into beautiful clump.
Stems: Fleshy, upright or sprawling.
Leaves: Paddle shaped, thick, glaucous yellow-greenish to blue-green or tan with spectacular brown or purple (or blackish) markings or veins. The margins are usually scalloped (or rarely smooth). The leaves are soon lost from the lower parts of the plant.
Flowers: Large erect pinwheel flowers in clumps (cyme) white, over 5 cm in spread, 10 cm tube.
Blooming season: Blooms profusely from the end of winter to early spring.

NOTE: The Kalanchoes are short day plants, they only bloom when they have less than 12 hours of light per day.

Cultivation: This is a very healthy plant and easy to grow. It need a fast draining mix, keep it were is bright, sunny, warm and airy, but protect from mid-day summer sun, water well during summer with dry periods between watering, during winter keep them rather dry, not completely. The leaves become redder with the cool nights of the winter, but will need protection from the cold during hard freezes

Reproduction: Cuttings or offsets in May or June, (when it is warm)