Kalanchoe collection: K. marmorata flowering

 When we last saw this little fellow, Kalanchoe marmorata, back in May, he was a big, fleshy bedding plant with presence but not that Kalanchoe oomph. 

Guess what. It's flowering season, and he's showing normal Kalanchoe behavior. 

The flowers aren't open yet, but are forming. The plant has been repotted twice as it grew and eventually I had to stake them as the stems wanted to be "decumbent" as the literature has it, which is Latin for "they flop over."

The stakes show the height of it - the stakes are three feet long. The plant is just topping out at five feet (1.5 meters). 

I'm not sure what will happen next. The stems are not showing any signs of growing branches, and there are no offsets or plantlets, which is uncommon in Kalanchoe. Hopefully, there will be some way to cut it back after flowering and grow it again next year.