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kalanchoe..something..??

10 years ago

Can someone tell me which kalanchoe this is?

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  • 10 years ago

    I agree with cactusmcharris; I think it's a kalanchoe marmorata. As it matures, the darker purple patches will get larger and more obvious.

    alicia6b thanked robinswfl
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    IIRC, there are two varieties, one spotted and the other not, but both with long-petaled white flowers, fairly unusual for a Kalanchoe.


    White-Coloured and Big relatively speaking

    alicia6b thanked cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
  • 10 years ago

    I agree, K. humilis I think always has the dark markings but K. marmorata seems to go either way.

    alicia6b thanked Nicholas C.
  • 10 years ago

    Thanks bunches everyone! My clients will be grateful also. I recently took over the position of managing the greenhouse at a garden nursery I work at. I'm buying the plants for it also. I've created quite a large section dedicated to these beautiful plants! :))

  • 10 years ago

    Definitely Marmorata! Researched it. Common name..Penwiper Plant..

  • 10 years ago

    If you use common names it inevitably leads to confusion. Learn and use the scientific name and no one will have any doubt as to what plant's being discussed.

    alicia6b thanked cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
  • 10 years ago

    Definitely agree with Jeff about using scientific names - and great opportunity for you to 'teach' public since you work in the nursery...

    alicia6b thanked rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
  • 10 years ago

    Jeff..if I may refer to you as such..and Rina - I need to disagree. I've been in the horticultural/landscape design business for yrs. When dealing with the public I believe it's real important to be able to relate to them. If I threw around scientific names all day I'd be confusing a lot of people and not to mention I'd also be looking like a smarty pants. For example..calling a Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia all day with customers..they would think I was speaking another language..and sounding like a smarty pants. Nobody likes a smarty pants..

    I do however know the importance of knowing the genus and species of plants. I love educating my clients and customers. I thank you and appreciate your opinions.

  • 10 years ago

    I understand your first point about relating to the public, Alicia, but if using the correct name, in addition to a common name, for a plant at a plant place is sounding like a smarty pants, too bad about the public's intelligence then. I do understand why you work this way, but here we try to avoid common names. That's not to say you shouldn't use them here, but that is to say many here won't.

    alicia6b thanked cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Common names are too mixed up and very often, same one is used for very different plants. I believe that it leads to confusion. I do not work in any kind of plant place, but always make sure I tell ppl the scientific name and any common name that I am aware of - with a suggestion of remembering the scientific one in order to get proper help (books, net, plant stores. growers...). I find that children really like idea of knowing scientific names - even if they are sometimes difficult to pronounce :)

    I have sold plants in past, and made sure that I made labels with both (scientific and common name).

    This is JMHO.

    alicia6b thanked rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
  • 10 years ago

    Jeff, I believe words got taken "out of text" as happens so much when people are texting one another. :) I thought you you thought I should ONLY use scientific names without referring to the common name at all. I refer to both genus/species and common. On all of our info tabs at the nursery the genus/species is on the first line..next to that is the variety in italics. For example Buxus sempervirens is the genus/species..next to that would be 'Tide Hill'..the variety. Now the common name of this plant is boxwood. It's funny..it all depends on the customer. If they approach me and use scientific names..I'll use them also. If someone knows nothing about anything..then I use the simplest words I know to help them. Many times I will write down the correct genus/species and variety for them to have..trying to educate whenever I can.

    What brought me here is the fact that our succulents and cacti in the tropical greenhouse have no ID on or in the pot at all! I'm changing that. I have noticed here that people do tend to only use the scientific names of plants. I respect that. I'm just learning about succs and cacti.

    Once again..thank you for all of your knowledge on these super cool plants! =)

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