I am surprised how well these tolerated the heat. Its typically 105°F during the summer. The last two months it's been around 75°- 85°F outside. We really don't have winter anymore. If I end up with too many pups Im going to try and plant some in the ground.
by _iron_butterfly_
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What’s a death bloom ¿…. Sorry new to geardining
Both of mine bloomed last year and neither one died.
The bloom stalk died back but the plants are both still alive. One of them is blooming again actually
The pups at the bottom should be fine. And so it goes…
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This plant isn’t monocarpic so it’s not a death bloom, just a regular one
Flap hacks don’t have a death bloom. They bloom multiple times during the year. I’ve had the same plant for more than 10 years.
This is what Google says… I’m glad to hear it will live on and she’s a baby maker! There are a bunch growing on the stalk.
“Yes, the rosette of a flapjack succulent (Kalanchoe luciae) that blooms will die after flowering because they are monocarpic plants. However, the plant will have produced new “baby plants” or offsets at its base or along the flower stalk before it dies. These offsets can be transplanted to grow new plants”
Terminal blooms are beautifully sad.
not all plants die from thier death blooms. just means they won’t grow anymore
My neighbor across the street has a death bloom with babies, she isn’t doing anything with it, and every time I stand at the sink I think would she noticed if I grabbed some.
It is not a death flu. Leave it alone so that when it flowers, it can be pollinated.
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My Kalanchoe died after it bloomed but her offspring replaced her.
My hens and chicks have a death bloom 🙁
Just because a plant has a flowering stalk, does not make it a death bloom
I’m confused. Yes, the argument of the user is wrong: plants aren’t necessarily monocarpic if they flower from the middle stalk and using Google AI without checking the info is not smart. But, even tho someone here said that their plants flowered more than once, as far as I know, all the info I gathered online suggests that K. Thyrsiflora is, in fact, monocarpic.
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/flapjacks-kalanchoe-spp/#:~:text=The%20plants%20are%20monocarpic%20and,part%20of%20the%20flower%20stalk.
If someone has different experiences with this plant I would like to hear them.
Monocarpic plants also throw offshoots/pups before they die, correct? Maybe that’s the confusion?
Flapjacks are a type of kalonchoe. They are not monocarpic as a species; so, they do not produce a death bloom. Even plants that do produce death blooms, produce many offsets prior to the entire plant dying; so, you don’t ever truly lose the plant
How do you know it’s a death bloom?