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Kalanchoe Succulent

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From Wikipedia: “Kalanchoe, also written Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë, is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, mainly native to the Old World. Only one species of this genus originates from the Americas, 56 from southern & eastern Africa and 60 species in Madagascar.” When I bought this plant, along with the others, I had no idea that it was Malagasian.* (I even had […]

Suffering Succulent

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Last fall I bought a succulent from the garden section of one of those all-purpose stores. It was unlike any other plant I had ever seen. The leaves were thick and meaty and covered with fuzz, like pieces of velvet. I transferred it to a clay pot and set it outside. I didn’t think to […]