I usually just look at them funny and they fly off.

I'll give it a shot but they seem to be holding firm so far.

Photo?

Why don't you just lay a leave on top of your mix, and the plantlets will grow into it. When large enough, transplant into individual pots...

All 4 of the lower leaves have plantlets on them. This picture is about a week old and all plantlets seem large enough to survive on their own. Should I put some tiny 1" pots at the tip of beach leaf until the plantlet's roots are firmly in the "soil"?

Nicholas

I didn't realize that they are still attached (the leaves - not the plantlets...) - I should go to sleep :) Won't they just fall off easily? - I don't have this K. but on blossfeldiana they eventually just fall off on their own. Maybe they need to grow like that just a bit longer?

Hmm, I hadn't considered that. So far all I could find was "remove the plantlets as to not rob the mother of vital nutrients needed for flowering" but it didn't say how to and mine obviously isn't flowering .

Yes the leaves are still attached, was wondering how to put a still attached leaf into soil lol :)

Well, you have good idea - pot next to it...I have done something similar before, not with succulents but it should work. You could try to gentle twist it. But I would probably wait little longer just to see what happens - just as in habitat, I am sure they just fall off when ready.

Thanks Rina, I'll do that. And that's a great point about habitat, they must come off some how on their own. Though if this was PIG I think the leaves might touch the ground anyways since they hang over so far.

I've only had a couple of the leaf baby K's, but they just popped off like an S. morganianum leaf.

K. gastonis-bonnieri is a "walking" K.; the leaves with bulbils are usually near the leaf apex tend to arch down so that the few bulbils reach nearby soil. It is a growth style found in a number of plants (walking iris, etc.). Differs from most other Kalanchoe with bulbils as these stay attached to the parent plant. In their native habitat you can imagine a large extended family attached by stolons. Yale

Yale

Thank you for posting...that is interesting (just like walking onion?). Didn't know that about this Kalanchoe. So it would be good to have some 'soil' nearby for the bulbils?

Rina

Will have to get something figured out for this one. Maybe a larger pot *queue ominous music*. I know over potting is bad, but I also believe it may be difficult to move 5+ pots simultaneously... thought that would be funny to watch.

They make large planters that are kinda short, deeper in the center than around the edges, I think it'd be perfect.

you can't really see what I'm talking about, but the bottom that actually touches the ground is only about 6 inch diameter.

Good to know, ill have to look around for them or something similar