your article on blooming kalanchoes says that they require a rest period. How long should this be? Also, I understood K's can tolerate some direct sunlight? y/n Should I wait until most of the blooms have died off b/f pruning back flowering stems? TKU R. Linnett
The rest period will be decreased watering, and slightly drier temperatures. They may not go dormant completely, but they will slow down in growth, significantly.
It is best to let the blooms fade before pruning, but most can handle pruning at just about any time.
Some varieties can handle full sun, and some cannot. Can you provide a photo? Is this a succulent variety, or the plant-like variety?
I inherited a large plant that I believe is a Kalanchoe Chandelier. It makes lots of plantlets and recently bloomed a mass of orange flowers similar to the red ones shown on your page. The mother plant is nearly 5' tall, but it is one thick stalk with a few leaves about half way up and the cluster of now dying blooms at the top. If I cut the plant down to a few inches tall, will it grow back? Should I cut the top off and put it in water to grow roots? Can pieces of the stalk be used to grow new plants. What is the best way to cut the plant? Your page for this plant states, "new plants can be easily started from almost any part of the mother plant." How do you start plants from pieces of the mother plant? Do parts need to be kept in water to grow roots, or can they just be stuck in a new pot of dirt to grow?
After the plants get to a certain size, the tops die anyway (or fall over), which is why they make so many plantlets, and so they are constantly regenerating. Better to start new plants than to try to save an old spindly plant. The new young plants will be stronger. You probably could root the top, if you cut it off, but I would rather nurture a new younger plant.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/kalanchoe/kalanchoe-chandelier-plants.htm
I was given a mature plant that was kept outside. It has leaves at the bottom and a four foot tall flowering stalk coming from the center. I need to repot since it’s starting to fall over. Questions: what happens when it stops flowering, does it die, keep on getting taller? If so how tall? It’s with another thyrsiflora. It may be an offshoot. Can I split it off like you do with bulbs? How big should the new pot be? Pete Kopack
You can split the offshoot off. This will be no problem. It looks like the flowering stalk will mark how tall the plant has the potential to reach. You may cut these back pretty hard after they are done flowering. This will cause them to spread. Since the plant is not too large yet, you can split them and put each in a one gallon container until you start to notice a large amount of roots coming out of the bottom of the pot.
It is growing all around our house
This is a type of Kolonchoe.
Here is more information.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/kalanchoe/growing-mother-of-thousands.htm
I brought a kalanchoe yesterday and for about 12 hours it was completely fine. It still hasn't bloomed yet however, I see the leaves starting to droop and feel soft. I watered it a bit yesterday but it seems to be affecting my plant a lot. I can't seem to figure out what happened to it, please help?
The images don't show anything that I can say looks wrong. Soil should be moist but never soggy. You can let the soil dry out before watering again.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/kalanchoe/growing-kalanchoe-plants.htm
I got my plant yesterday and watered it a bit. It was completely fine however the leaves started getting soft and started looking dull. Also, how long do I have to wait until it blooms?
Make sure the soil is not soggy, over watered and that the pot is able to drain any excess water. Let the soil dry out before watering again.
If the leafs are soft, floppy and mushy they may have suffered cold or heat damage.
You can remove any damaged leaves.
Flowers will open as the plant matures and the amount of light or temperatures of the room can effect how quickly the flowers open.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/kalanchoe/make-a-kalanchoe-rebloom.htm
I think I have a Kalanchoe Tomentosa. I have looked every where for a picture of it’s flower. Might these pictures show the beginning of a bloom ?
This does not appear to be a flowering spike. Just a deformed leaf. This can happen on occasion. Flowers will come from the direct center of each spire, and usually as a cluster of knobs. It will quickly elongate before flowering.