wantonamara,
Your crassula bloom is absolutely breath-taking. I always enjoy seeing pictures of your plants, thanks for sharing.

Planto

I have that plant as well and mine have buds/blooms also.Over the years pieces of mine have broken off,i just pick them up,put them in a pot and start new ones.I have given about 3 of them away.I don't know about yours,but mine thrive on neglect.Like you i truly enjoy their beauty.

Here's a picture of one of mine:

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Kathi

OH, Thank you for your photo. I never see photos of this plant on the forum. Great plant. Do you have or could you take a picture of the base of the plant.

So judging from what i see, it will branch from the long stalk next year, or next time, so I should not cut this back too far , unless I want the branching closer to the base. But I will be getting "branching" and not necessarily "Suckering" from the stalk. And I will get blooms on the plant next year. The stalk acts different than the Kalanchoe luciae where after the bloom, most of the plant dies back and it suckers from the base. Is that correct. Do you get suckering from the base. I see some splitting at the base that could become plant shoots. Is this how your plant behaves?

You'll get suckering from the base as well. Just cut the flower stalk off.

Mara,

Thanks for sharing those. You might be interested to know that, in San Diego, as sure as they followed the jacarandas flowering in June, C. p. s. falcata was a July flower which lasted for weeks.

A red flower that last for weeks. I am in love. My husband calls me RED. He calls his favorite screw driver and cow Red too. Thanks guys for the info..

I am now our bathing in epi fragrance shooting it. I now have a hundred shots to edit. see you in a week. NOT. I do need to go to bed, though.

Mara, I read that the blooms smell like sweet cinnamon. did you get that effect ? Here's what else I read:

Remove spent flower heads to maintain vigor and bushy habit. After growing for several years tend to become untidy, and should be cut very short or restarted from cuttings.

Mine hasn't bloomed yet. Hope I'll see it some day.

patty

Patty, Thank you for the info. I am about ready to whack it. Finally, I can join the Whack a Crassula Club, kissing cousin to all those Jade Whackers Association.. I did not smell anything. I did not think too and it did not reach out and grab me.

I whacked the stalk and I chopped it up into peices around each leaf on the stalk. we will see if I get plants out of them..

Mine are blooming now too. They are like broccoli dyed red.