Tina
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: Bright red flowers,leaves looks like succlent... |
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what are these? I saw these pictures and think they are beautiful.
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stratsmom
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Tina I think that is a Kalanchoe. If it is, they come in several colors, sometimes double blossoms. I like them very much 
Deanna
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eileen
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The Kalanchoe has so many differet 'common' names depending on which country you live in:
Air plant, clapper bush, curtain plant, dipartenga, floppers, folha-da-costa, green love, hoja de aire, life leaf, live forever, mexican loveplant, miracle leaf, motta patti, potagoja, sayao, siempre viva to name just a few!!! 
Here in Scotland we call it Flaming Katie. 
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Netty
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Those are pretty in red. Someone just gave me a double pink Kalanchoe. Now I just have to figure out how to make it bloom again!
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Droopy
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They're nice plants. We call them "fire top" because there were only red ones to start with.
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flowerpower313
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| Netty wrote: | | Those are pretty in red. Someone just gave me a double pink Kalanchoe. Now I just have to figure out how to make it bloom again! |
I have several colors of the single flowered. I still need orange, then I will work on obtaining the doubles. They bloom around April. They will flower for several weeks. Keep them bushy to get the most blooms.
I repot them in the fall if they need it. One of the easiest plants to propagate. Any piece that comes in contact with soil becomes a new plant
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