Kalanchoe daigremontiana - Alligator Plant

Alligator Plant is a succulent plant growing up to 1 m tall, having opposite-decussate, fleshy ovate to elongated-triangular leaves which grow up to 20 cm long and 5 cm wide. They are green above and blotched with purple underneath. Leaf margins have spoon-shaped spurs which bear plantlets which may form roots while still attached to leaves. Leaf underside has dark spots or stripes, a feature that can distinguish it from related species. A plant may also develop lateral roots on its main stalk, as high up as 10-15 cm above the ground. A plant's upper leaves may grow large, causing its main stalk to bend downward. Then the lateral roots may enter soil and new vertical shoots may grow from the original shoot. Alligator Plant can spread by both seeds and by plantlets dropped from its leaves. The plant has an umbrella-like flower cyme of small bell-shaped, grayish pink (or sometimes orange) flowers. Flowering occurs sporadically if at all on some shoots. Alligator Plant is native to Madagascar, cultivated worldwide.