| Description | Mother of Thousands (Bryophyllum daigremontiana) A very unusual plant producing multitudes of plantlets on the tips and margins of the leaves. Each plantlet has the potential of producing a new plant. Each plantlet will root any where it falls to. A very weird but lovable plant!!!! |
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| Plant Type | Succulents, Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 10-11 |
| Sunlight | full sun, bright |
| Moisture | dry out between waterings |
| Soil & Site | well drained, average |
| Growing Media | well drained |
| Temperature | average house |
| Flowers | tall branching inflorescence with pink-purple, tubular pendent flowers. |
| Leaves | fleshy, channeled on the top and keel shaped underneath |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | I have had plants that reach 3-4 feet. They will get as tall as the growing conditions will allow. |
| Maintenance | As the plant gets old it will lose its lower branches and have bare stems. Cut the plant off and it will regrow. There will be plenty of little sprouts in the pot to take the mother plants place. Tall plants may need to be staked, especially ones grown in low light. |
| Propagation | cuttings, or the adventitious plantlets produced on the edges of the leaves |
| Native Site | Southwest Madagascar |
| Misc Facts | The genus name is derived from bryo "to sprout" and phyllon "leaves". |
| Author's Notes | The plant I currently have popped up in a pot of Adenium odesum (Desert Rose). My grandson calls it a tree. It can't be understated that this plant will spread quickly by plantlets. I have had them fall on Cactus, get stuck in the spines and start to grow. |
| Notes & Reference | www.bryophyllum.com |
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