Showing posts with label mother of thousands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mother of thousands. Show all posts

Monday, December 10, 2018

CHANDELIER PLANT

I saw this particular photo on the web but the image was posted without the name of the plant.

I did an image search but it wasn't clear what the name of it was.  There are many types of succulants and this particular plant was difficult to identify.  I finally did and here it is -...

I love the name and the beauty of this plant is amazing.


Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana), also known as Maternity Plant, Devil's Backbone, and Mexican Hat plant - to 20 inches, A fun, unusual plant. It has lance-shaped, gray-green leaves that produce baby plantlets all along the edge of the leaf. The plantlets drop off the "mother" plant and root into the soil in the pot below, producing more plants. In winter, tall flower spikes rise above the foliage and bear clusters of bell-shaped, dangling, salmon-orange flowers.

Maybe I've seen one before in nurseries but never up close like this.  The geometric design is wonderful!