House plant id needed...........

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    Just had to buy this today for a fiver.................

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    I'm pretty sure that it's one of the Kalanchoe, but which one?

    As always, thanks!
     
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      kalonchoe Daigremontiana , lost mine in the greenhouse , I hoped they where though then that , ps what uppen to the babys , it should have been covered with seedling.
      I had 6 different Kalonchoe , the only one survived is the wild italian plant : (
       
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        You're the man Sal:ThankYou:

        Although it's not strictly Kalonchoe daigremontiana, thanks to you I was able to discover that it is in fact Kalanchoe x houghtonii. Has exactly the same habits as Kalonchoe daigremontiana.
        As far as the babies goes, I guess that they're already well on their way to being next years stock to sell!!!
        There are a few on it, and I potted two up when I got home.............

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          :hate-shocked: Gosh, I had one of those in the 80s in Bucks, we called them the Mexican Hat Plants ... they were a nightmare seeding themselves all over the place ... :hate-shocked:
           
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            apparently one of the most cold tollerante is kalanchoe tubiflora ,
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            still have some I`ve picked in thailand , but they stopped to grow couple of months ago and one that actually was growing wild in Italy .
             
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              That's cool by me!!
              That's a gem Sal!
               
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              Never known them buy that name always as "Mother of Thousands" nice to know other names they go buy:SUNsmile: never knew they had such pretty flowers either!
               
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              kalanchoe tubiflora , I`ve once found one in a garden center but for some reasons wasn`t cheap , I took few seedling , time i went back home couldn`t find them anymore... should be cold tolerante to -2 , so perfect for an unheated greenhouse , easy to buy on ebay and can reach 1 mt high .
               
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