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Is this a succulent?

9 years ago

hi, can someone help me to recognize this type of plant. Is this a succulent? Tq

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  • 9 years ago

    Tq very much. Now i can search more about this plant!! :D

  • 9 years ago

    This is definitely a succulent, some species of Kalanchoe. It reproduces very easily, growing babies on its leaves. I also noticed that you have it in a glass bowl. Does it have a hole at the bottom? If it doesn't, I would recommend repotting it in a pot with drainage holes and altering the soil to make it more well-draining. This can be done by adding an equal ratio of perlite to its current soil.

    yasmin azizan thanked SucculentSavvy (Zone 7b)
  • 9 years ago

    Hi yasmin. Beautiful plant! I love Kalanchoes. Very healthy looking plant too, but a few leaves suffering under rim of the glass.

    You haven't said that you are new to succulents, but in case you are...

    Some things concern me about your plant. It's in a glass container which creates moisture with no air flow. It's potted very low in the bowl, so all the main stem is in the moist, stagnant air and the soil looks very rich and water retaining. If it has no drainage hole that would be a bigger worry.

    Succulents in nature like fast draining soil/mix so the rain can water the roots thoroughly then drain away to let the soil dry out. They have water stored in leaves, stems and/or roots for longer times of no rain. If a seed grows in rich soil that doesn't drain well it can easily rot and die.

    I'm sorry if you don't want or need this information. I just love your Kalanchoe and wouldn't be happy if I said nothing and then it died.

    Helen

    PS if you find out which species / type of Kalanchoe it is somewhere else, please let us know.

  • 9 years ago

    Kalanchoe laetivirens, burdened with many common names.

  • 9 years ago
    tq succulentsavvy. yup currently in a glass bowl. definitely will transfer it to a new pot. with holes for water flow.
  • 9 years ago
    hi Helen Agius. tq very much on ur advice. yes im new with succulent. sure. will follow ur advice. currently i only know it is Kalanchoe daigremontiana. but not at it's specific type as i saw there are a lot in the internet. and mine already sprouted babies! :D
  • 9 years ago

    Oh I love the babies. Ive got some growing from my two different Kalanchoe.

    Did you search for Kalanchoe daigremontiana? Or just Kalanchoe. Just interested because you said there are lots of different types. I might have a look too :-)

  • 9 years ago
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    Yasmin

    You said: ..."currently i only know it is Kalanchoe daigremontiana"...

    Did you see the post by mfyss - he posted about 14 hrs before you posted that to say it is Kalanchoe laetivirens...Did you at least google that plant?

    Same q for Helen..."Did you search for Kalanchoe daigremontiana? Or just Kalanchoe. Just interested because you said there are lots of different types. I might have a look too :-)"...Helen posted this approx. 17hrs after mfyss posted. Plenty of time to read answers, so it is not the case of ppl posting at the same time (when it is very easy to miss other post). Do you guys actually look at/read other posts or is trying to help waste of time? Sorry if this sounds like scolding, but it seems that ppl ask questions and often do not pay any attention to answers...-:( I noticed that on many different threads, and quite often, by different ppl.

  • 9 years ago

    Rina. I've noticed that too. But no, I asked that because I had noticed. But I wanted to google the two mentioned and be sure before I pointed it out. From the images I found it wasn't very clear. Also one plant (I think it was even the same photo) was on one site as one name and on another site as the other. So wondered if it had even had a name change.

  • 9 years ago
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    Helen

    I am not trying to argue, I really like your enthusiasm that comes thru your post. So I hope you don't take this wrong way.

    Many sites are giving very reliable info, and many don't. I do not know where you looked. mfyss has vast experience in growing kalanchoes (and other plants) of all kinds, and I quite trust his knowledge. (He used to post more often in past and I am not surprised if you don't recognize his name.) I have seen photos of his plants, many I didn't know existed. I am sure anybody could make mistake, but if in doubt - investigate, ask questions. Your reply was not directed to mfyss IMO - he didn't say "there are lots of different types". Many plants are very similar looking, and the differences could be quite minute and difficult to notice on plants growing under lesser conditions. It could take years for a person to be able to ID many of them. One needs to learn what to look at when trying to ID plants.

    When I read both posts I was referring to - they were written like K.l. was not even mentioned. So if I overreacted I apologise. But it happens a lot and I wonder if ppl even pay attention.

  • 9 years ago
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    Thanks rina. Didn't think of possibility that people might think that I thought mfyss is or could be wrong. Also noone had disagreed with him, which is what made me think that he was probably correct. I was confused at why Yasmin had named a plant species and then said she still didn't know which plant it was. Was wondering if it has lots of hybids etc like Echeverias do, or that Yasmin didn't understand that Kalanchoe is the Genus name and the next name is the species, the name of that particular plant. But I suppose I mainly felt unqualified in experience to direct her to mfyss' post....... yet.

    I was hoping Yasmin would answer my question, while also hoping that my search would make it very clear to me which plant species it was. And you were right that I didn't know mfyss, so couldn't say I trust his judgment :-(

    Also, no offense taken at all :-)

    I think yr great! And I've told people that too, both in this forum and in my non digital life lol

  • 9 years ago

    Yes everybody. Thank you. I may have missed some. But i will need to sit and re-read this. Everyone is being very helpful. Printing this comment thread will help a lot for me to note down all the info. I appreciate all ur comments, feel like having a new family of same interests.