Well, I guess fewer than I thought is interested in the 'donkey ear plant."

I'll bump this on down by showing you a second one ... LOL

By the way, the yellow shrimp is a favorite. Thank you Jim!

That is really neat. Never seen anything like it.

Thank you Lynnmarie for looking and commenting.

Succulents have some interesting ways of reproducing. This variety, along with some others, produces perfect little plants all along the edge of their leaves. The little plantlets fall off, root and voila -- you've got more plants ...

I can't figure the size of the donkey ears - how big is it? It looks very dramatic!

Thanks for your interest! The longest donkey ear leaves are 24 inches from where it comes off the main stem. The other mature leaves are 18 to 20 inches. I love the brown speckles it gets when in the sun.

I believe I have one of the Donkey ears, but it has not grown at all for me. It's got the speckled spots and it looks healthy but it's still the same size as when I got it.

Yours is beautiful. I want mine to be just like yours when it grow up! What is the name of your second one? It, too, is just beautiful.

Irene I'm sorry but I don't the name of the second plant. The common name may be 'mother of thousands' or 'mother of millions'. If anyone knows the name I'd love to hear it. There are several succulents that produce the little plants along their leaf edges. I have this one and one other.

It's a real beauty! I'll check out the garden centers. Thanks, Roselee.

I like your Donkey Ears, Roselee! Must have missed this post when you originally put it here. I had some extra time today and thought that I'd browse the gallery :-)

I found it.... I spent a good hour on the net. I've had some spare time, lol.

It is:

Kalanchoe daigremontiana, Bryophyllum daigremontianum

The "Can you identify this plant?" you've shown in the picture is a Kalanchoe daigremontiana syn. Bryophyllum daigremontianum. Also called Devil's Backbone, Alligator Plant, Mexican Hat Plant or Mother of Thousands, It is a succulent plant native to Madagascar.

Wow Irene -- you found it. I'll save the information of course. Funny thing is I have two forms of Kalanchoe daigremontiana. The sites I visited don't name the different forms. A more thorough seach would probably turn up variety names of which there are several. This is the one pictured above and the site you quoted from:

http://www.aloe-vera-and-handy-herbs.com/kalanchoe-daigremontiana-identified.html

The other form I have has narrow spotted leaves. It's very other wordly and exotic looking and has very beautiful graceful flowers. I hope it will be mature enough to bloom next year.

The spotted form especially can be invasive in warm climates like southern Florida, but freezes here in San Antonio. Also it's said to have medicinal uses.

Irene, thanks again for doing the research and coming up with a name!

Here is a link that might be useful: Flicker page with many photos of Kalanchoe daigremontiana ...

Oh my goodness! What a fabulous site!

Thanks so much for the link, Roselee!

yeah, they are great, until they are in every single plant you own, the gutters, the cracks of the sidewalk, in the palm trees, they start growing out of the dog if she takes a nap....

Thanks again for having us this year!
Tally HO!

OMG! Tally, you crack me up! I picked up several at the plant swap from Tally! I had one years ago and it died. I'm excited to have more. PkPonder, I will bring you one to the Fort Worth swap if you dare have one now :)

Darlene

I got several from Tally also. I didn't ask for them. They ended up in the trash can. I hope I didn't hurt your feelings, Tally.

won`t hurt my feelings, I throw out kalanchoe like crazy, you can`t kill it here, even Ike didn`t phase it. The donkeys ear is a little better behaved than some of the other ones. The only reason to grow some of them are the awesome flowers. I have to clean out the gutters on the front porch when the rain quits, they are growing in there! Can`t compost them, they just grow in the compost pile.
Tally Ho!

How charming that they grow in the gutters! Wonder how they get up there? I only have baby trees growing in the gutters. Oh well ... lol

*save me one of those donkey ear babies!*

Lesli

*save me one of those donkey ear babies!*

Lesli

Okay Lesli, I will. :-) The mama plant is bigger and more gorgeous now and getting ready to bloom.

I have some different varieties that have their babies the same way, 2 different varieties, would you like one?

Lesli

Yes Lesli, I certain do! Thank you.

This is a photo taken today. Looks like there will be plenty of babies to share at the plant swap, although Patty usually has them. That's where I got it. Oh and Tally offers (pushes) various cultivars, too ... :-)

This post was edited by roselee on Fri, Nov 8, 13 at 17:12

I have a donkey war plant that recently bloomed. All of the leaves fell off! The plant itself has turned pink and the bloom remains. Is this normal? If not, how can I fix this? Thanks for any advice!! :)

Lilyellowfairy, in regards to cold weather donkey ears are very tender plants. Was it left outside when it dipped down to freezing temperatures? If so it might recover from the roots and maybe put new leaves on the stems if not exposed to low temps for too long.

Or it may be natural die back after flowering. In either case it will likely come back. Keep it inside by a sunny window and keep the soil fairly dry, but not bone dry, through the winter.

If it doesn't recover at least they are not very expensive and they grow fast.

Please let us know how it does. Wishing you the best!

Here is a link that might be useful: Donkey Ear (Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri

I found a small nearly dead plant one day - took it home and nursed it and it became a gorgeous donkey ear. Have produced many babies for friends. So unusual and the babies so cute. Yours look lovely.