Ken, when a plant is pinched, the top two-four leaves are removed..quite easily- pinch off w/your finger and thumb. Usually after pinching, the next set of leaves double..so instead of two leaves, the next set will have four. Taking cuttings is a little different. This is done by removing 3"+ per stem. No Eric, lol, the clippiings won't strangle the mom plant.. You can set one Kalanchoe leaf on soil and it will root. The botton of the leaf doesn't even need to be planted in the soil, lying a leaf on soil, will root. OR, for stem cuttings, if/when the stem roots, you can either pot separately, or add w/mom..if roots are tight fitting, up the pot size.. Sometimes pictures are deceiving..Your Kal might be blossfeldianna, but the foliage looks a little large for this species. Whether it is or not, Kals should be grown in a similar manner. K. bloss blooms during winter months..they need a dry, cool period to rebloom..'the following year/s.' If you have a garden, and have an extra cutting, plant one in the yard..by fall, you'll have a lovely plant that can be dug up, potted and brought indoors.. What size pot is your C.'Jade' Gollum in? You don't want too large pot. Water sparingly during winter months..Sux will rot if overwatered..Good luck, Toni

Edge your Zebra is beautiful. When you repot, up one size, maybe two depending on roots. After flowering, books state to cut back trunk for future flowers. It took 4 years, but I recently did as they recommended..I rooted the top cuttings which so far, so good..Mom is doing okay, sending out side shoots which I hope bloom in autumn. Zebras are thirty plants, so water thoroughly, but don't let it sit in water. They also need humidity. Medium light is best, direct summer sun from south or west window is too harsh.. If you set outside, place in a shady spot. Toni

sorry about ma ... listen to me.. you are not asking the right questions .... the issue... is that mom probably used to putter out there with endless hours to make her garden ... let me suggest.. that as you roll thru these ID's ... and presuming you dont have unlimited hours ... that you ask about how vigorous a given plant is ... with this vine.. beyond Id... what i read in the answer given... is that if you arent out there with a machete every 45 minutes.. it MIGHT take over the whole yard... so whether or not mom ... GRHSoul ... thought it was a nice plant.. perhaps you dont want it there... to swallow up and seed all over the garden ... when you have your back turned ... good luck with your legacy garden ... ken ps: your other post... i have no experience with that plant.. but just looking at it.. makes me think the same thing ....

I would have to agree with Linda that it is a married piece. The lower cabinet looks either like a commode or a small sideboard and the upper from a kitchen cabinet/hutch. The proportions look off to me for a stepback cupboard unless the large top in between is throwing things off. The curved detail on the bottom of the lower cabinet is not repeated anywhere in the top and as Linda mentioned the brackets don't match. That said, it is a charming cabinet that will look very cute painted and used on your porch. Since you are modifying, perhaps scale back the size of the top to just a slight overhang and add some curved detail to the corners of the open area of the top, maybe you could re-use the brackets for that. Also many kitchen cabinets had crown molding on the top. You may be able to see if there is a line/nail holes indicating where it was. Since you are painting it, you could use some of the less expensive paintable crown, pine or extruded foam and distress it to blend in. I can't see the hardware detail very well, but the top hardware looks to be more modern, may want to replace it with something fitting with the lower cup pulls. Good luck with your project, it will turn out great. What color were you thinking to paint it - white, cream, black or something fun and funky - red, pink, turquoise? Come back and post pictures of the piece when it is done (no pressure!). Jill