One of the most spectacular Kalanchoes is K. gastonis-bonnieri. (Its name is as impressive as the plant.) Like a Mother of Thousands, it bears plantlets on its leaves. Not a whole row, like the mother, but one or two at the very tip. And the leaf itself is often over 25 cm long. They really do look like Donkey Ears, if donkeys had thick, green, hairless ears.
My current ones are still babies, with small, rounded seedling leaves. Here's a picture of their mother, late last year, during flowering.
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| Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri, Donkey Ears |
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| Eight month old Donkey Ears |
It took quite a bit of care to get the plantlets from the leaf tips to root in soil and start growing. It's worth it to have such a display plant at the end of the year. (You can buy them online but usually you'll get one of the small ones, so it will still take most of a year to get a grown specimen.)
I found further information on Donkey Ears at Plant Care Today.
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