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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Pretty pictures: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana 'Klabat' and NOID

I'm not a particularly big fan of this plant, though I can't explain quite why: I can't see anything terribly wrong with it, and I don't have any bad associations with it as far as I can remember. Though I don't like trying to clean them up once they're mostly bloomed-out. Those little dead flowers get everywhere.

K. blossfeldiana 'Klabat.'

Perhaps it's just a matter of taste. They're certainly colorful enough. Maybe I'd like them if I tried them. I don't know.

In any case, these two pictures make nice bookends for one another: nothing like yellow with an orange center to complement orange with a yellow center.

K. blossfeldiana NOID.
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3 comments:

  1. Melissa Gay ArtDecember 17, 2008 at 11:40 AM

    These are particularly beautiful specimens. I love the bicolor orange-yellow ones the best!!!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 19, 2008 at 10:13 AM

    One of the pluses to them is that they are winter bloomers. A good selling point for those who have long winters.

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  3. SFaithFebruary 6, 2010 at 4:45 AM

    I like kalanchoe because it is one of those plants you can establish (in the ground here in Florida) and pretty much forget.

    It blooms at least twice a year and the only bothersome thing about it is the deadheading.

    By the way, I've just discovered Plants are the Strangest People and I find your posts not only informative but entertaining.

    I'll be back. Often.

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