Hi everyone, and cactusmcharris thanks for these thoughts!

The plant seems to get so tall... and the leaves stay so consistently the size and shape of a spade (on a card). My cuttings *could* be deceptive because they're so short right now. Here's a pic of the [poor] mother plant, with all those tall beautiful stems that are now OBE.

I will suggest my Exetension agent look into kalenchoe (he's doing the most research)! I love kalanchoes, I have a couple of the 'typical'/gift kind. Which, in my regular ol' kitchen culture never bloom again, but I don't care.

hope everyone has a great day! Lisa

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