flower question

[cellio]

Someday, maybe I will be able to use an image as input to Google. In the meantime...

Dear LJ brain trust,

What is this plant?


That's a 12oz beer bottle next to it (for size calibration):


Color here is not accurate; use the previous photo for that:



My real questions are mostly about care and feeding, but given a name I should be able to find that. Thanks.

Comments

[hopeness.livejournal.com]

I do recognize it; but I'm drawing a blank on the name. If I see one at the store tomorrow I'll try to check out what it is. I know they sell them in my local grocery store's floral dept.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

galaneia instantly reports, "Kalanchoe". I like living with a herb geek sometimes. :)

[cellio]

Thanks!

[ariannawyn.livejournal.com]

Yup, Kalanchoe. I've killed a bunch of them in my day, so I can't help you with care and feeding.

[cellio]

Thanks. Google says: perennial but not safe to winter over outdoors here in Pittsburgh. Sadly, that reduces its long-term odds in my custody. :-( (At least outdoors I could park it in the right lighting conditions and it would have a shot at rainwater...)

Kalanchoe

[chaos-wrangler.livejournal.com]

I got one of these from my bosses last spring as a "happy administrative assistants day" gift. I wasn't able to find any useful info re it so I've been treating it about the same as the other plant I have (even though that one's an African Violet so I doubt they're related or similar in any way other than being small plants): water 3/week (usually Mon, Wed, Fri) and eastern window light (since that's the only window we've got without a radiator underneath).

Re: Kalanchoe

[cellio]

Thanks for the information. I've been seeing things like "water when dry" (duh), but was hoping for something a little more detailed.