Name: Succulent
(Zone 6b)
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| Kalanchoe mother of thousands |
mid north coast nsw Australia
if it is what is known as mother of millions it is classed as a grade 1 weed in australia it flowers in winter with spectacular heads of orange/red bells that make excellent cut flowers it is poisonous to livestock
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Name: Frenchy
Falls Church, VA (Zone 7b)
| That plant looks like a kalanchoe Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana). You can look it up in our plant database. |
Name: Will Creed
NYC
Prof. plant consultant & educator
Answer from WillCSeptember 15, 2017
It is definitely K.daigremontiana, not blossfeldiana. Mexican Hat is a common name usually applied to the one you have. Yours is unlikely to flower and if it does, the flowers are not all that pretty.
Sorry the retailer did not do a better job of labeling. |
Name: Will Creed
NYC
Prof. plant consultant & educator
A comment from WillCSeptember 16, 2017
I'm sure you are disappointed that you do not have a flowering variety of Kalanchoe. However, yours is an interesting plant in that it produces hundreds of tiny plantlets along the leaf edges. They will root easily if allowed to rest on a damp surface.
Many common and lovely houseplants are poisonous. One person's Orchid is someone else's weed. Try to enjoy what you have. |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- 🌹 (Zone 8b)
All Kalanchoes bloom. The plant in question looks like this one to me:
Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe 'Houghtonii')
I grow this hybrid exclusively for the attractive flowers.
The leaves of K. daigremontiana are much more wide:
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Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Hi gramyof6! I also agree that your plant is the Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana) Many grow them for the novelty of the tiny plantlets growing along the leaf edges but some do like the pretty blooms; this is a bloom photo from the above link to our database:
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Name: Dorothy
New South Wales, Australia (Zone 9a)
City girl moved to the country
| In Australia we call it Mother of Millions and it is rated a noxious weed. |
mid north coast nsw Australia
yes it is have to exterminate it on your land likes dry shade but the flowers make great sublects for a vase last for weeks
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