I would appreciate help with two things:
1) Plant ID and
2) Can I start new plants from any seeds this plant might make?

Thanks in advance, ~ Deb

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Kalanchoe thyrsiflora

Kalanchoe luciae. You can confirm this by checking the flower color. They should be white. Enjoy the show.

I don't know if you're going to get seeds, but these plants usually produce a few branches at the base when they flower, and you can use those to start new plants.

dnrevel said:I would appreciate help with two things:
1) Plant ID and
2) Can I start new plants from any seeds this plant might make?

Thanks in advance, ~ Deb

Agree with the ID Evan provided. I don't know about seeds, but when mine bloomed it put out little 'plantlet' like growth among the bloom clusters. The stalk actually lived two years instead of the expected one year. It was a bit more than 8' tall and I cut the top portion off to make it more manageable to move through the door to take it back outside in the spring. I wouldn't have done that if I had known it would continue to bloom through the 2nd spring and early summer. I took a handful of those 'plantlets' and stuck them in a container. They all grew into new plants - every one of them including some that were really small. Here are some photos that may help.
This was the stalk at the end of October the first year. At this point there were no open blooms yet and the stalk was still growing.


Here's a closer look at the bud cluster. This was taken in mid December. I was maneuvering it in and out through a standard doorway when the weather permitted and there wasn't a chance of frost. The first open blooms had started in Nov.


Here's a portion of the stalk in July the following year showing the 'plantlets'. The upper part of the stalk had been cut and discarded at this point.


Here's a photo of the handful of 'plantlets' that I removed and planted. At this point they had all rooted and were in active growth. I let them all grow a bit and then gave them away. This was actually the 3rd year after it bloomed.


The reason I wanted the 'plantlets' in the beginning is because this is a monocarpic plant and for a long time the mother plant blooming hadn't produced any offsets, so initially these were intended to provide a replacement after the mother plant died. However, it finally did produce offsets. I didn't separate them off the mother plant and just let them grow as is. Here's a photo looking down on it 4 years after the photo above. This is actually a large container and it is essentially the plant I have today.


It's been a fun plant to grow. I think the plantlets will provide a new plant faster than the seeds would, but who knows?
Edit to add - I have it labeled as 'luciae' as Baja notes. I can't remember now how I arrived at the distinction and settled on that. There were three similar plants and ultimately 'luciae' was the one I settled on. Maybe the bloom color.

Wow, what a gold mine of rich answers. I will ask for a plantlet. All of your shared photos are amazing. Thank you so much!

~ Deb

needrain said: Prize winning explanation with photos, wow! I will share your info with my friend and ask for a plantlet. <3

"The stalk actually lived two years instead of the expected one year -- it would continue to bloom through the 2nd spring and early summer. I took a handful of those 'plantlets' and stuck them in a container. They all grew into new plants - every one of them including some that were really small.

Here's a closer look at the bud cluster. This was taken in mid December. I was maneuvering it in and out through a standard doorway when the weather permitted and there wasn't a chance of frost. The first open blooms had started in Nov."



Here's a portion of the stalk in July the following year showing the 'plantlets'. The upper part of the stalk had been cut and discarded at this point.


Here's a photo of the handful of 'plantlets' that I removed and planted. At this point they had all rooted and were in active growth. I let them all grow a bit and then gave them away. This was actually the 3rd year after it bloomed.


The reason I wanted the 'plantlets' in the beginning is because this is a monocarpic plant and for a long time the mother plant blooming hadn't produced any offsets, so initially these were intended to provide a replacement after the mother plant died. However, it finally did produce offsets. I didn't separate them off the mother plant and just let them grow as is. Here's a photo looking down on it 4 years after the photo above. This is actually a large container and it is essentially the plant I have today.


It's been a fun plant to grow. I think the plantlets will provide a new plant faster than the seeds would, but who knows?
Edit to add - I have it labeled as 'luciae' as Baja notes. I can't remember now how I arrived at the distinction and settled on that. There were three similar plants and ultimately 'luciae' was the one I settled on. Maybe the bloom color.