Kalanchoe marnieriana aerial roots
At least that's what I think it is. It was a hitchhiker with another plant I had purchased. I have a horrible picture of the flowers. (A whopping eye infection made me miss snapping good pics, but these are pendulous red.) I can't find much info on its growth habit.
Right now it is in a 4-inch pot. I wondered if those aerial roots need a bigger pot so they can take root? Or would PIG be better? Those loopy roots blew or got pushed back into the pot and they have rooted. There are a couple on the left of the stem that dropped and rooted nicely.
Should I behead and root?
I'll be back in the high 70s, low 80s next week or so. I'd like to prepare for what I need to do. Or I can wait - ha ha.
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cooperdr_gw
9 years agoCrenda 10A SW FL
9 years agoThe stem is woody and anchored by the aerial roots on the left side. So I guess I would say it is not too flexible below the lowest 2 branches.
I don't know if these roots are how the plant spreads or not. So that's why I wondered if it needed more space to drop those aerial roots into the soil. Info that I did find said it has a spreading habit, but I didn't know if it meant by pups or these roots.
It looks top heavy to me as well. Those stems are also woody, but younger and more pliable. Here's a close look near the base.
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mfyss
9 years agocooperdr_gw
9 years agoCrenda 10A SW FL
9 years agoThanks Yale! I was pretty sure that the aerial roots would not make more plants, but I just knew if I went with that assumption I would be wrong. I will indeed try a leaf or two and see what happens. And I now feel confident that I can root some of the branches at the top without doing any damage.
Here's a picture back when I got the plant. I couldn't tell if the leaves had clefts or not - then or now! LOL
This post was edited by Crenda on Thu, Nov 20, 14 at 21:11
mfyss
9 years ago
deva33 Z8 Atlanta
9 years agoCrenda 10A SW FL
9 years agoI finally have a flower to show! More on the way.
I will behead, root, and try to encourage some bulbils from leaves after the flowers are done. Thanks for all the advice!
ehuns27 7a PA
9 years agoLH CO/FL
8 years agomfyss
8 years ago
Amy Christmas (9a)
8 years agoI found this in the back of the greenhouse at a nursery today:
and I knew I could come here and find out what it is!
Am I understanding correctly that since it has babies on a couple of leaves, it is K. marnieriana?
Crenda 10A SW FL
8 years agoAmy Christmas (9a)
8 years agoI snatched it up without even looking good at the price tag, lol. A couple of the plants I got look like they spent the winter in the greenhouse there.
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