Absolutely stunning, Jeff!

Denise in Omaha

Thanks Jeff, what a great way to tell the difference. I will remember that just like righty tighty, lefty lucy.

I appreciate the object lesson, too. After seeing the two types of flowers right there together, how could one ever forget the difference again? Thanks, Jeff. Domo, domo.

Sorry, but I shall be a contrarian and continue to call them all kalanchoes, until the nomenclature police come knocking on my door! :-) I think a lot of this reclassification is the result of bureaucrats with too much time on their hands. The final straw, for me, was when they decided that chrysanthemums are no longer chrysanthemums.

I'm just grumping; I know I'll give in eventually. When that happens, then, this will be bryophyllum marnierana... one of the prettiest of the lot, IMHO.

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(with Aloe ciliaris)

Dear Denise and Gay,

Thank you. I had learned it as 'Righty tighty, lefty loosey' but I like your spelling more better.

Biwasan,

Ureshi katta, oshiete agaetta dakara....(I think I hammered that, but I think you know what I mean). I'm abjectly happy!

Patrick the Grump,

It's OK - I'm not all that fond of name changes (Parodia magnifica shall forever be known to me as Notocactus!), but given the floral and propagative differences between the two, in the matter of this particular plant the Stygian Forces of Name Changes entrapped me like so many bees to honey.

I'll keep mum on the change you cited.

Jeff, thanks to you, I was very pleased to have this lesson demonstrated for me this winter. The Kalanchoe beharensis ssp subnudum, and the Bryophyllum i lost the tag-iana cuttings you sent me not only rooted but flowered for me.

Dear Karen,

Flowers for you are the least I could do
After posting a weedy Bryophyllum to you