I got this plant for a gift and don't know what it is.This is a second generation cause the first on just got huge.It grow's like a vine and has a real rubbery feel.the leaves grow the seeds on them, they bloom and when the roots grow out of the seed it drops them and they are already plant's.It's almost scarey cause it grows hundreds of seeds on it's leaves.I call it my alien plant but would like to know what it realy is.My wife thinks it's a weed.The first one got to be about 6feet high and was growing roots along the stem at various intervals.
It looks like "Mother of Thousands" Bryophyllum crenato-diagremontiana (previously Kalanchoe bryophyllum crento-etc!) The "seeds" you mention are plantlets, called bulbils, little clones of mom equipped with roots and all, ready to grow. As you've already found out, one plant produces many many more. You've always got a plant growing to share with friends...or enemies! Are you growing that in water? Never saw that before; it's a succulent and likes fast draining soil. That adds something new to them!
That one is still Kalanchoe daigremontiana. See this thread: http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=32096&highlight=kalanchoe+diagremontiana Note: K. daigremontiana It is unusual to grow that plant in water---Or was that really a Kokanee...
no i just put it in the glass about a month a go and haven't re planted i litteraly have hundreds of these things a throw out every month.she just drops seeds after seeds al my friends are loaded with them now.
Schools etc. might be interested in them as the kids could grow them on for projects or gifts. Anyone got a source for yoghurt containers?!!!!! Margaret
A rose by any other name... Eric, the thread you referred me to suggests opinion is split on whether Bryophyllum daigremontianum is in it's own genus or part of Kalanchoe. Margaret, loved your suggestion; I'm going to suggest it to a kids' gardening team...if they kill off a plant or two it's easy to get a replacement.
As for the school it sounds like a great idea.I was reading up on it though and i came across it being toxic every part of it and says too keep away from children and pets,but i can't find anything out about it's toxin's and how potent
Oh, good catch, Saint! Found a toxicology brief @ www.aspca.org/site/DocServer/ and several others on the web. Apparently lots of the kalanchoes are toxic, K. daigremontiana was specified as one, and poison cattle and sheep. Guess the kids will be practicing on something else! Oh, an interesting note, one site said no males were found on this plant, it reproduces only by the little plantlets. Didn't check it more than that but something for future.
they are tough little buggers though.I find pods under my coffee table that have been on the floor with no water for months and will spring to life if you put them into soil.It's almost like it just hybernates.Even the one i put in water has not drowned but i.s not growing either just waiting to be put in soil
Yup these little guys are toxic that's for sure! The other name for them is Devil's Backbone. Be careful not to put it around other plants as it'll dump babies into them and make a real mess if given half the chance. A woman I knew only watered her plants once a week regardless if they needed more or less, and this plant (and an oxalis) were the only ones that loved her. Her's grew HUGE! The main mother plant was massive and had a million babies all over the place. Enjoy! Hopefully you don't pitch it out if it should become a pain! Ryan
