Getting very colorful!

Progress of buds on 2 pinnata stems in bottles of water.


A couple of fedtschenkoi stems, also cuttings in bottles of water.


A couple of houghtonii stems that were cut in Oct. & stuck in pots with other plants. Not as many flowers at a time open on this, when inside. I don't get to observe always-outside specimens.


Tarantula / Katapifa has a few open blooms now.


Blossfeldianas


Various

Maroon Krinkle


pinnata


Katapifa/Tarantula, blossfeldiana


fedtschenkoi sunburned

not sunburned, with buds


Calandiva Pink

Wow Tiffany mine are done blooming but yours are still going!

Thank you very much for the acorn! This is my fav time of year for succulents - Kal bloom season. I'm quite a bit north of you & those have been inside until today.

purpleinopp said: Thank you very much for the acorn! This is my fav time of year for succulents - Kal bloom season. I'm quite a bit north of you & those have been inside until today.

I see… our Lowe's and HD are bringing the new varieties now. The prices of the HD kalanchoe plugs and combo are now $20 compared to just $16 last year.

Ouch. They might as well be $100 to me, I don't have a plant budget right now at all. If there are 5 bigger plants in a combo pot, that's not a bad deal for $20. By bigger I mean bigger than a $4 pot size, if there are any of those anymore. I haven't been plant shopping for at least 18 mos.

purpleinopp said: Ouch. They might as well be $100 to me, I don't have a plant budget right now at all. If there are 5 bigger plants in a combo pot, that's not a bad deal for $20. By bigger I mean bigger than a $4 pot size, if there are any of those anymore. I haven't been plant shopping for at least 18 mos.

I still get tempted but winter forced me to propagate a lot of my succulents and kalanchoes. It is beginning of the season here so I will just wait for the "sale season". My hubby keeps reminding me I don't have anymore space.

K. laciniata plants that were in bottles of water over winter.


These two are still in water. They'll go somewhere in the landscaping soon.

jillrosenast said: I have this variety and i dont like the long stem. Ive seen this plant in stores where it has a much thicker stem and is very compact. How do i keep mine from getting so tall? Id like to keep more compact/short

I haven't seen any stumps of 'Fang' keep growing after getting tall like in the pic and being trimmed. No trouble with keeping any of the tops going with new roots, but my stumps, probably 10 by now, have just died after being beheaded. I'm not complaining, just observing. The plant in the quoted pic looks like beharensis species, not 'Fang', so it's somewhat of an apples-to-oranges comparison.

NMoasis said: Lookie what appeared, my first!

K. humilis. That photo was from Nov 17. It's grown quite a bit since then and is very difficult to photograph. The itty bitty flowers require up-close viewing to appreciate. I think the leaves are the most interesting part.

Nice! That is more open than I saw from any of the blooms on mine.

Tiffany, you might have had them too but didn't look closely or frequently enough. They are not only tiny, they fade quickly. Here's one of your pix with plenty that appear to have been previously open

That's what I think too. I had so many tiny pots crammed together on a shelf unit and it was just a jungle by the window with a bunch of stuff all grown together.

K. pinnata blooms. This plant was one of those that I was able to put in a borrowed warehouse for winter, in a bottle of water as a cutting.


Marnieriana is just so cute!!


A little luciae in a group pot (a grill.)

This clump with red flowers appears in previous pics in a white vase of water. After about 18 mos, it has been PIG.


A lot of propagated stems have been used here on the front, where it is more sunny.


'Maroon Krinkle' is blooming

Can't remember the name for an aberration like this. Sport...? Give me a hint?

So pretty! I'm not sure what the correct term is but that's pretty normal, for the variegated of that to make albino or nearly albino shoots. The all white ones can't survive if removed from the mother plant. That one looks like it has enough chlorophyll to grow on its own.

Answered my own question. Yes, a sport, in this case could be called a sport variegation, a genetic mutation that affects the chloroplasts' ability to produce chlorophyll (versus a change in appearance due to climate or cultural conditions). I like it!

If our night temps ever stabilize above the 30s, I'll move my "snowbirds" outdoors and repot this guy into its own container. Seems to want to spread its wings. And change color!

All of these blossfeldiana plants were in a pot with a Dracaena tree. Cut @ soil level yesterday and stuck in the ground.


Maroon Krinkle has really taken off over the past couple months.