Hi

Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Thanks

Ian

igtodd wrote:
Hi

Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Thanks

Ian

Looks to me like a Christmas Rose, Ian.Worth keeping.

Sam

On 13 Mar, 19:10, sam wrote:
igtodd wrote:
Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg
It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Looks to me like a Christmas Rose, Ian.Worth keeping.

Do you mean the winter flowering cacti, Schlumbergera? The leaves are
more serrated on Ian's picture. I'm not sure ...

In message . com,
igtodd writes
Hi

Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Thanks

Ian

The common plant which generates lots of plantlets on the leaves is one
I knew as a child as mother-of-thousands. This is Kalanchoe
daigemontiana aka Bryophyllum daigremontianum.

The habit of your plant looks different - more compact - but perhaps I
am misled by interpreting the photograph as a single plant, rather than
as several plants planted in a single pot.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

In message , sam
writes
igtodd wrote:
Hi
Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a
gift?
A photo is at
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg
It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!
Thanks
Ian

Looks to me like a Christmas Rose, Ian.Worth keeping.

Sam

Christmas Rose commonly refers to Helleborus niger, which I assume is
not what you mean. I think I've identified the plant as
mother-of-thousands, but perhaps you could clarify which plant you mean.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

sam writes
igtodd wrote:
Hi
Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a
gift?
A photo is at
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg
It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!
Thanks
Ian

Looks to me like a Christmas Rose, Ian.Worth keeping.


Nothing like a Christmas Rose ;-)
Leaves too fleshy, wrong shape, growing up the stem instead of around
the base and Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger) doesn't produce plantlets
along the edges of its leaves.

It's what I knew long ago as Bryophyllum diagremontianum, now known as
Kalanchoe diagremontiana

http://www.bryophyllum.com/b/articles/id/

Good fun, but you'll soon have far too many of them! It flowers, too:

http://tinyurl.com/2not73

It's a succulent, so don't water it until it the soil has dried out from
the previous watering. Keep it indoors or in a greenhouse in winter, and
don't water it while the weather is cold (or only sparingly if it's in a
warm house over winter).

I used to also have B tubiflorum, which has cylindrical leaves with
plantlets on the end, and K fedschenkoi, which had blue pollen which
formed a strange contrast with the bright orange flowers.
--
Kay

On 13/3/07 19:01, in article
, "igtodd"
wrote:

Hi

Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

It looks like one of those pretty little cacti - and I don't like cacti!
Have a look at Schlumbergera truncata - I Googled on that and it might be
familiar.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 13 Mar, 19:56, Sacha wrote:
On 13/3/07 19:01, in article
om, "igtodd"

wrote:
Hi

Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

It looks like one of those pretty little cacti - and I don't like cacti!
Have a look at Schlumbergera truncata - I Googled on that and it might be
familiar.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Thanks for all your help. I have looked and I think it is a
Bryophyllum daigremontianum from your input and looking at other pics
on the web.

Thanks

Ian

La Puce writes
On 13 Mar, 19:10, sam wrote:
igtodd wrote:
Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg
It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Looks to me like a Christmas Rose, Ian.Worth keeping.

Do you mean the winter flowering cacti, Schlumbergera? The leaves are
more serrated on Ian's picture. I'm not sure ...

Christmas Rose is usually applied to Helleborus niger.

Schlumbergia truncata is known as Christmas cactus. It looks completely
different from Ian's picture - the 'leaves' (which are actually
flattened stems) grow end from end from each other. Ian's picture
clearly shows true leaves placed opposite on a stem - this is sufficient
to identify that Ian's plant is not Schlubergera without recourse to
degree of serration.
--
Kay

In message , Stewart Robert Hinsley
writes
Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Thanks

Ian

The common plant which generates lots of plantlets on the leaves is one
I knew as a child as mother-of-thousands. This is Kalanchoe
daigemontiana aka Bryophyllum daigremontianum.

The habit of your plant looks different - more compact - but perhaps I
am misled by interpreting the photograph as a single plant, rather than
as several plants planted in a single pot.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

I have one of those and I'm strangely fond of it - but the rest of the
family really hate it with amazing passion!

I's virtually impossible to kill: The parent it came from was about a
meter tall. I have one in the guestroom where I forget to water it for
months at a time: it's just fine. Babies have dropped off everywhere, if
they don't fall onto soil they make do with the windowsill. One is in a
tiny (1 cm) pot: that one has bonsai-d: it's about 3 cm tall, and
perfectly happy. Like the fleas with tinier fleas on them, it produces
tiny babies ... lots of them. It spent a summer in the garden ... the
babies were everywhere (but they draw the line at winter).


--
Klara, Gatwick basin

Stewart Robert Hinsley writes
In message . com,
igtodd writes
Hi

Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Thanks

Ian

The common plant which generates lots of plantlets on the leaves is one
I knew as a child as mother-of-thousands. This is Kalanchoe
daigemontiana aka Bryophyllum daigremontianum.

The habit of your plant looks different - more compact - but perhaps I
am misled by interpreting the photograph as a single plant, rather than
as several plants planted in a single pot.

It looks to me like a potful of small plants, the result perhaps of
growing on a handful of plantlets - it's exactly like the thickets of B
diagremontanum which used to establish themselves round the edges of my
cactus pots.

The fact that none of these leaves have plantlets suggests too that this
is a potful of young plants - as of course does the fact that they are
only 2-3 leaves high.
--
Kay

On 13 Mar, 20:11, K wrote:
La Puce writesOn 13 Mar, 19:10, sam wrote:
igtodd wrote:
Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg
It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Looks to me like a Christmas Rose, Ian.Worth keeping.

Do you mean the winter flowering cacti, Schlumbergera? The leaves are
more serrated on Ian's picture. I'm not sure ...

Christmas Rose is usually applied to Helleborus niger.

Schlumbergia truncata is known as Christmas cactus. It looks completely
different from Ian's picture - the 'leaves' (which are actually
flattened stems) grow end from end from each other. Ian's picture
clearly shows true leaves placed opposite on a stem - this is sufficient
to identify that Ian's plant is not Schlubergera without recourse to
degree of serration.
--
Kay

I also have the Christmas cactus, taken from a single cutting of a
plant during the summer. Only in the last few weeks has it begun to
sprout new leaves, and appears to be growing well.

The photograph I posted of the B. daigremontianum was from growth of a
lot of the plantlets. The plant I was given has grown quite tall and
continuosly drops the plantlets onto the floor! I decided to grab a
load and put them on some soil. Given their inital size I didn't hold
out much hope, but they all grew! Now I _do_ have too many!

Ian

"igtodd" wrote in message
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Hi

Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Thanks

Ian

Looks a bit like a kalanchoe, but I would wait for someone to be more
positive!

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

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"igtodd" wrote in message
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Hi

Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg

It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Thanks

Ian

Looks a bit like a kalanchoe, but I would wait for someone to be more
positive!

I am positive :-)



--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea