Possible ring fasciation in a Kalanchoe

[Shane]

I saw a K. daigremontianum for sale today with some odd looking plantlets. Almost looks line ring cresting, which is so rare it's hard to find pictures of. It looks like either the apical leaves on the plantlets fused, or it put out one cone shaped leaf. I'm not sure what's happening but it's weird

[TimN]

I agree, it is weird. Is it possible that it's seed from elsewhere in the nursery?

[Shane]

It's hard to see from the pictures, but one of the plantlets still on the mother plant shows the same growth. And the coloration patterns on the cone growth looks very much like the coloration of the leaves of normal K. daigremontianum. This also gives us a clue of what's going on, if the aberrant growth is most likely leaf tissue

[Edwindwianto]

It looks like so much mother of millions
And of course idk how to identify it correctly

Did you buy it?

[Shane]

It looks like so much mother of millions
And of course idk how to identify it correctly

Did you buy it?

You are correct Edwin, it is B. delagoens (Kalanchoe delagoensis). I misspoke

I didn't buy it. I kind of wish I had now. I was with my friend and he said something to the effect of 'It's probably going to revert anyway'. He's probably right though...

[Edwindwianto]

I didn't buy it. I kind of wish I had now. I was with my friend and he said something to the effect of 'It's probably going to revert anyway'. He's probably right though...

ah....if it would revert, then it would be no point in buying it

[gemhunter178]

Could be an odd mutation that created "rolled" leaves such as the ones that produced Sempervivum "Oddity" or Crassula "Gollum" (to name a few?)

[Shane]

Could be an odd mutation that created "rolled" leaves such as the ones that produced Sempervivum "Oddity" or Crassula "Gollum" (to name a few?)

Gemhunter, haven't heard from you in awhile. Welcome back!

I noticed its similarity to C. "Gollum", but don't think it's the same kind of thing happening (the tube in "Gollum" is filled in except near the tip). I'd never heard of Sempervivum. It's super cool! And the leaves do look similar, from what I can see

The thing about the Kalanchoe is it seems to put up one cone shaped leaf then stop apical growth. This is the other reason I didn't buy it; I doubt that the plantlets with ring growth will live very long. Kalanchoe leaf growth is determinate (stops growing at a certain size), so I imagine the ringed plantlets aren't really all that viable