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Paul, it seems that our clones also differ significantly in coloration. I initially thought that age might account for this difference, but then I checked my young var. rhombopilosas derived from leaves - they have the same coloration as my mature plant.

It receives a lot of sun during the summer, but for the past few months it has been shaded by a tree so even when it's sunny, it gets around 2 hours of direct sun... I don't know why my rhombopilosas become so sharp looking - the same happened to my K. rhombopilosa var. viridifolia soon after I got it. Leaves of younger plants are less crazy in shape, however.

Hi Paul,

Welcome to the forum!
I'm really glad to find another Kalanchoe-oriented collector here.

Very interesting clones of K. synsepala! I hope we will see more of your collection.

Ronen

It is still not too late for that to happen... I'll keep you posted!

Isn't this also true for fedtschenkoi, marnieriana, serrata, tenuiflora, most laxiflora, some rosei, some waldheimii, (the whole "Proliferae" clade), and so on? From the translation it seems that Descoings used that trait ("total absence of bulbils") to distinguish from members of the fedtschenkoi-clade ("Suffutescentes") and diagremontiana-clade ("Bulbilliferae") and to link peltigera to more basal Bryos like K. peltata - in which case the statement is not correct OR peltigera must not be able to produce margin bulbils at all (which is apparently not true).

Thanks, I also like this color gradient. This form was the regular fedtschenkoi 'Marginata' 3-4 years ago, but then some branches started losing the variegation, so I separated them and now the "variegation" in this pot is gradual with pink tan...

Here are some additional photos:

Richaud's sp. Pic Saint Louis which is very similar to tenuiflora and could be a hybrid (damaged a lot by hail, but in buds):

One of many "K. blossfeldiana", 'Marginata':

K. rosei ssp./var. serratifolia "var. seyrigi":

K. crenata:

A 3 year old 2 meter long K. × houghtonii 'Jaws of Life":

Crassula multicava ssp. multicava, the Kalanchoe mimic:

Nearly a month passed since my last post, during which my collection suffered through a very serious hail storm (the worst I've seen). Nevertheless, the plants have regenerated quickly enough to post some new photos... Excuse the 5cm holes and other types of damage on some leaves.

K. spathulata var spathulata in buds:

Kenyan K. prittwitzii will flower this year:

K. peltigera:

K. rebmannii:

K. rosei ssp/var rosei:

My "regular" clone of K. laxiflora:

K. tomentosa 'European Clone':

A surprise - K. rubella, derived from a bulbil, with leaves in whorls of three:

What a beautiful demonstration of intra-specific variability!

Sven's 4th clone is indeed the most velvety I've seen of this species, much more than mine...

When I got maromokotrensis it looked just like in Benoît's first photo - the same leaf shape and color. My conditions are clearly different!

Below is 'Rose Leaf' from March-April 2014:

Also, Lenophyllum are flowering now, including this L. guttatum (grown from a leaf potted during the winter):

Most Kalanchoe flower in my country after mid November, so there aren't many updates yet...

Below is a photo of the recently acquired hairy K. synsepala, and a leaf fragment cutting of it. The hair is not very visible - it is very dense and short, and this is why I shot at this weird angle. Sometimes, when the leaves are wet, they are even somewhat sticky because of the hair...

Below are K. laetivirens that prepare to flower. They are located on the western side of my house, while most other plants are on the eastern. K. laetivirens of the eastern side aren't even close to flower and are much bigger in size.

K. 'Rose Leaf' also prepares to flower:

Below is K. maromokotrensis - the large cutting, and a "plantlet" formed from a leaf fragment of the large cutting. K. maromokotrensis becomes wider by the day, and also changes its color.

Sorry for replying in English. I'm not sure about the IDs (I'm mostly knowledgeable about Kalanchoe), but I hope this might help:

Aeonium (2) - A. decorum

Aeonium (3) - A. mascaense and A. 'Ballerina' (on the right)

Aeonium (4) - A. haworthii and A. sedifolium (on the right)

Aeonium (5) - A. arboreum 'Atropurpureum'

In Aeonium (1) there are also A. arboreum 'Albovariegatum' and A. arboreum 'Zwartkop'

Yes, when I ordered the plants I specifically asked for inaurata because I assumed he has it (the same for maromokotrensis and peltigera, which he gave me). When I saw this plant in the greenhouse I immediately thought about inaurata, but Richuad insisted that this is not the plant he gave to Descoings... Still, it could be a different clone so I just can't wait to see the flowers

A short introduction, I'm Ronen Shtein, a crassulaceae (mainly) collector from Israel most interested in Kalanchoe. I don't speak French but I have some info on the topic.

Tom, your inaurata looks like a plant I bought from Richaud 1.5 months ago (here it is purplish, but the plant looked brown-bronze when I visited his greenhouse. Richaud said it looks like that during the summer).

Here is my plant, near a K. miniata:

More info on its source:
http://www.cactuspro.com/forum/read.php?1,511971,511971

I asked Richaud if he has K. inaurata, but he said he has lost it, so I don't know if this plant is inaurata, or a variation of miniata. I think, the only way to know is to wait for flowers - miniata pretty much covers all other traits of inaurata due to its variability...