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

Webkat5, it is possible that BOTH of your Eches are pulvinata, but different cultivars. The first could be 'Ruby blush', and the second is probably 'Frosty'. I honestly am not aware of the differences between harmsii and pulvinata, but I would think that they are closely related species.

I've been told that the fine fiber-like growths that emerge from the stems at the leaf nodes are a characteristic of anacampseros rufescens but obviously anacampseros rufescens looks nothing like this plant. This plant belongs to a friend of mine and I let him know that it could use some more sunshine I'll see if he can send some updated photos if it has changed at all as well in case that might help :)

It very well may be nobilis, although somehow the teeth don't look quite as big as I normally see on that species. Below is a link to a similar Aloe (or maybe xGasteraloe?) named 'Green Gold'. HOWEVER, I've seen other plants listed as 'Green Gold' which look completely diffent. Confusing, eh? Welcome to the world of Aloes! Here is a link that might be useful: Aloe 'Green Gold'???