To add to what Roger said, "full sun" indoors and full sun outdoors are very different things (and it looks like your plant is inside? If it is inside, distance from the window matters and it should be directly in from if the window (if you can't keep it outside). If you move it outside, acclimate it slowly so it doesn't burn.

Agree with all above. These plants will grow a stem with age, as you can see on the plant on the left, but the leaves will not be as far apart as those on your plant.

Oh yeah - they also will color up in the sun. Bottom leaves will be the first ones lost as the plant grows. They will get crispy as the plant is reabsorbing the water and nutrients. You can cut them off for aesthetic reasons, or wait until the fall off.

The leaves will get farther apart as the plant blooms. It grows tall fast, but the leaves taper. I don't think your plant is blooming yet.

Hello All,

Based on everyone's suggestions, I should clarify. The plant lives outside, during the winter or cooler nights it lives inside right beside a window but I move it from East to West facing windows so that it gets the most amount of sun throughout the day. Extreme, I know! But it appears this isn't enough.

i really appreciate the encouragement, thanks guys.

I'm unsure what else I can do to give it more sun, aside from a grow light?

Should I be concerned, or as Roger says, it's healthy and I should be so lucky it's hanging around?!

thanks again everyone, very helpful and learning loads being here.

I have this plant too, and it spends about 5mo inside because of the climate I am in. Otherwise, it is outdoors, in full sun. I am sure sunshine is more 'potent' in your location than mine. It is more compact and more colored (and squirrel or chipmunk chewed on couple of leaves !:) It got soaked quite a bit this year as we had much more rain (more often - often few times a week), but it is in gritty mix and has excellent drainage:

They could/will grow about 1-2' tall, but I never had one growing such tall stem - unless it was blooming, just as shown in 2nd photo posted by Crenda. Blooming rosette may die, but should have few offsets - I can see couple on your plant. They could grow also on the stem.

I never gave it any fertilizer. If my plant, I would give it more direct sunshine, and also added more perlite to the soil.

During winter, I keep it indoors under CFL lightbulbs. I had them bloom under lights.

Is this the same type plant?

Kalanchoe luciae 'Fantastic' - it is same plant but variegated.

Well unfortunately I can't give it much more sun, the sun is blocked by high rises and all sorts. Life in the city eh. So I think I'll have to substitute with an indoor growing light and more perlite. Great suggestions and not something I would have thought of, thanks.

I believe my Monstera D be suffering the same fate, though not a cactus/succulent. I posted about them too, gosh I have a lot of learning to do.

I know there's a lot of fake lights (bought many and saw no difference), can you guys recommend one that you know will work? Sad to see my paddle plant struggling so much, wish I had a garden with proper sunshine! The U.K. isnt exactly an oasis of sun, should pick my plant friends more carefully!

Thanks again everyone, super informative and got to see lovely other paddle plants. They're so sweet.

You could get fluoro tubes, best ones would be T5HO. In Canada, you can get a single 4' long one with a diffuser for approx. $45. They can be linked together.

I am still using CFL lightbulbs. They should be no less than 23W or more, 6500k. Or use LED lightbulbs. You could buy ready-made LED grow lights - they could be quite expensive and many give 'funky' light - I do not have any experience with these. Hopefully someone else will post. If you get lights, start with plants being some distance at first and put the lights closer every few days - acclimatize, just as to sunlight.

Here is a link to a post by ewwmayo regarding different light sources.

I guess I had better get reading! Thanks everyone! Now if I can only figure out what's wrong with my other plants...so sad. I posted about the Monsteras and will post about the aloe but I suspect the aloe is a different story to the paddle plant, but I can't say for certain. And after my reading, I better get posting! Thanks again! Looking forward to the day I don't kill plants lol.