Kalanchoe delagoensis

Also called 'Chandelier Plant' and 'Mother of Millions', ....I only started to appreciate this amazing succulent after Baja Costero brought it to my attention a while back.
We already had a colony in a small space in poor soil,
in our backyard, and I had ignored them until I saw Baja's post.
They are completely self-sowing, and take absolutely no care, but put on a beautiful show each January here.
Thanks, Baja! 😊

Indeed a very interesting plant. The banner certainly introduces us to new and amazing plants.

Great banner Cal!

Perfect banner Cal!

Good job, Cal! This one really caught my eye.

Thanks everyone!

They just finished blooming last week, and new plants are already
coming up to replace them. All I do is water them.

Here are some pics I took over the month they were in bloom.
http://cal3d.com/NGA2021/chand...

I feel pretty proud that I was able to ID the genus based on that slice of an image.

Nice colorful slice! One thing I like about this flower is the way the calyx is like a little purple flower in its own right.

A new plant for me! Super slide show, Cal. What beautiful blooms!

It's too late now, but tomorrow I'll take some pics of the plantlets, and the
next generation of baby plants that are already growing.
They really are inconspicuous, and I don't think about them till they're
almost ready to bloom again.

They just "do their thing".

Wonderful banner, Cal. Although I'm no where near as experienced as you and Baja and others on this site at recognizing xeric plants, I did manage to peg this as a kalanchoe from just the banner. Once seen in bloom, never forgotten, I'd say.
I thought I'd share a photo of one of my first sightings (2009) of this kind of kalanchoe ("chandelier" type blooms). I don't know the species. I don't think the plant was labeled. I loved the soft mauve colored foliage, as well as the blooms. Lucky you to have a patch of it that thrives as you let it do its thing.



Thanks for the link to other photos of your plants. Were those oranges in the background of some of the shots?

Great slide show

Great slide show Cal. I also have Kalanchoe 'Mother of Millions' and I really have about a million little seedlings. I love the bloom and mine are also in bloom right now.

arctangent said:Wonderful banner, Cal. Although I'm no where near as experienced as you and Baja and others on this site at recognizing xeric plants, I did manage to peg this as a kalanchoe from just the banner. Once seen in bloom, never forgotten, I'd say.
I thought I'd share a photo of one of my first sightings (2009) of this kind of kalanchoe ("chandelier" type blooms). I don't know the species. I don't think the plant was labeled. I loved the soft mauve colored foliage, as well as the blooms. Lucky you to have a patch of it that thrives as you let it do its thing.



Thanks for the link to other photos of your plants. Were those oranges in the background of some of the shots?

Thanks for that great pic, Elizabeth.
That's not the same as ours, but similar bloom.
That one is short & clumpy (I like clumps), and ours is 3ft tall.

slowcala said:Great slide show Cal. I also have Kalanchoe 'Mother of Millions' and I really have about a million little seedlings. I love the bloom and mine are also in bloom right now.

Thanks, slowcala.
They can be invasive I guess, but ours are contained, with only a few strays.
Even if they get into a place you don't want them, no problem to remove.

Plantlets (is that the proper term?) form along the edge of mature leaves,
drop off, and start in place without any encouragement by me.

Here are some extra pics of the babies, including 2 reflections of the
chandeliers in the pond, and the little fly catcher who watched me
as I took pictures.

Cal, your slide show is beautiful. Hope everyone has a chance to view it.

Oh! These are one of those plants that form babies on the leaf edges. I've seen these before--I think as a houseplant.



Do yours do that, Cal?

lauriemorningglory said:Oh! These are one of those plants that form babies on the leaf edges. I've seen these before--I think as a houseplant.

• Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe 'Houghtonii')
• Uploaded by beachhutch

Do yours do that, Cal?

Yes, only ours is called 'Mother of Millions'.

But actually, only like 'Mother of Dozens'.

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