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 Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:50 pm
The Kalanchoe Pinnata.  Common names: Air plant, balangban, bruja, clapper bush, coirama, coirama-branca, coirama-brava, curtain plant, dipartenga, farine chaude, fel pavo, floppers, folha-da-costa, green love, hoja de aire, life leaf, live forever, mexican loveplant, miracle leaf, motta patti, paichecara, pashipadeh, paochecara, pirarucu, potagoja, sayao, saião, siempre viva Family: Crassulaceae Genus: Kalanchoe Species: brasiliensis, pinnata It is one of my favorite plants and it was my second plant ever. I planted mine in December of 2007. You do not want to eat this plant, but it is used as a medicine all over the world. From headaches to kidney stones, this thing is a miracle plant. You use the leave's juice for massage and other treatments. http://www.rain-tree.com/coirama.htm There is a great website on the plant and all of its healing properties. In large amounts this plant can be toxic and possibly even kill. Use for long periods of time can be troublesome for your immune system, so don't be silly and use this plant every day for the rest of your life or anything. When I first got the plant it came from a leaf that had grown on another plant.  that was back in Late December. Pretty soon the thing grew quickly and its heavy leaves were pulling it towards the window, greedy for sunlight.  I re-potted the plant and it seemed happier in its new pot. Now the leaves are huge and full of healing juices.   You can use the plant's juice.  Best to take it from the leaves. On the sixth I took a picture of my Kalanchoe.  Today I had to cut off the top part of the plant because it accidentally was severed from it's own growth rate and weight.  That was taken today. Besides my beloved Kalanchoe, I have a Peace Lily, Catnip, and an Avocado seed about to grow into a tree. I was wondering if anyone else knew about this plant besides myself.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:08 pm
Those are so neat, i think ive had an air plant, but it was different. On mine you couldn't water it, it didn't have soil, and you had to keep a glass thing over the top so dust couldn't touch the leaves. It looked similar to this:  Yours is neat, do you buy them anywhere?
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:16 pm
I'm not familiar with that one, but if the baby plantlets grow along the edges of the leaves, I'm sure I've grown something similar, a gift from a friend many years ago. She called it a "flea plant" because the little plantlets would all come off the edges when they were ready to grow---they even had tiny little roots already. They would all seemingly jettison themselves at once, although it was the wind that disloged them. Most of the time they had "jumped" before they were the size of a housefly. The leaves were smaller, arrowhead-shaped, and a grayish-green. Before we knew it, we had them everywhere, and they got big pretty fast.
I had forgotten all about those---I'd like to find one again. It was interesting and fun to grow.
My mother was a huge fan of kalanchoes, we had lots of different ones growing up.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:30 pm
PiercedPixie2 Those are so neat, i think ive had an air plant, but it was different. On mine you couldn't water it, it didn't have soil, and you had to keep a glass thing over the top so dust couldn't touch the leaves. It looked similar to this: Yours is neat, do you buy them anywhere? No, I got mine from a leaf my dad cut off from a plant he got from a gypsy lady who got hers from a man she know who grows them. I grew mine from a leaf. I love mine, but I don't know where you could purchase a Kalanchoe Pinnata if you wanted to. Maybe the internet, but they are not very popular in the USA. Directly above my Kalanchoe is a Fireball plant. It is also an air plant.  My mom has an air plant just like yours. My cat recently assaulted it, so it is being put higher up. I could take pictures tomorrow.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:41 pm
Neat ^_^
Yeah you should totally take photos of yer mums plant whee
And you didn't introduce yourself so i didn't know who you were x3
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:02 pm
Oh, I am sorry I did not introduce myself earlier.
My name is Brandon, but I despise that name. I prefer Raoul or Wraith. They call me Wraith on the internet and some call me Raoul in real life. Everyone else calls me Brandon.
I got the green thumb from my mom, but my dad has three gardens.
My mom and dad are split. I will only be on Gaia at my mom's. I do most of my research on plants at my dad's.
My step mom is an extremist environmentalist. From not taking showers for a week to keeping compost and rain barrels outside.
Even though my stepmother's green ideals are great, she is really awful. She is a perfectionist that blames everyone else for everything. For her, a headache turns into a migraine, etc. etc. and if we do not put something away perfectly we are yelled at.
I go through a lot of s**t at my dad's house.
Mostly, I love plants and being green within a reasonable measure.
I really wanted to talk about plants with someone besides my mom and dad so I joined the guild, not only to talk but in case I needed advice for anything.
I also love helping others with plant information and such.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:21 pm
sunsetsmile I'm not familiar with that one, but if the baby plantlets grow along the edges of the leaves, I'm sure I've grown something similar, a gift from a friend many years ago. She called it a "flea plant" because the little plantlets would all come off the edges when they were ready to grow---they even had tiny little roots already. They would all seemingly jettison themselves at once, although it was the wind that disloged them. Most of the time they had "jumped" before they were the size of a housefly. The leaves were smaller, arrowhead-shaped, and a grayish-green. Before we knew it, we had them everywhere, and they got big pretty fast. I had forgotten all about those---I'd like to find one again. It was interesting and fun to grow. My mother was a huge fan of kalanchoes, we had lots of different ones growing up. Oh, yes the United States has lots of Kalanchoes, but no Pinnata types. My mom recently bought a Kalanchoe.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:16 pm
Wraith_92 sunsetsmile I'm not familiar with that one, but if the baby plantlets grow along the edges of the leaves, I'm sure I've grown something similar, a gift from a friend many years ago. She called it a "flea plant" because the little plantlets would all come off the edges when they were ready to grow---they even had tiny little roots already. They would all seemingly jettison themselves at once, although it was the wind that disloged them. Most of the time they had "jumped" before they were the size of a housefly. The leaves were smaller, arrowhead-shaped, and a grayish-green. Before we knew it, we had them everywhere, and they got big pretty fast. I had forgotten all about those---I'd like to find one again. It was interesting and fun to grow. My mother was a huge fan of kalanchoes, we had lots of different ones growing up. Oh, yes the United States has lots of Kalanchoes, but no Pinnata types. My mom recently bought a Kalanchoe. Great to meet you! I'm always ready to learn more!
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:13 am
Hello, welcome to our guild!
That is a beautiful and interesting plant. You mention you can't eat it and I notice you had mashed it up in the mortar. Do you just apply poultices to certain areas depending on what you want healed?
Ah I just answered one of my own questions when I red that link you posted. You can ingest it as an infusion. [:
(I might move this to the garden subforum in a day or two. When I get around to it.) [:
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:18 am
onicoe Hello, welcome to our guild! That is a beautiful and interesting plant. You mention you can't eat it and I notice you had mashed it up in the mortar. Do you just apply poultices to certain areas depending on what you want healed? Ah I just answered one of my own questions when I red that link you posted. You can ingest it as an infusion. [: (I might move this to the garden subforum in a day or two. When I get around to it.) [: Yeah, my mom is on a rant against the plant being used for medicine because she thinks it will kill you if you let it touch you... >.< My dad uses it for medical purposes though. Usually headaches and migraines. You can take the juice and mix it with coconut oil to make a nice massage oil. Very relaxing. I wasn't aware I was supposed to post in the Garden subforum when I posted this, I apologize.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:19 am
sunsetsmile Wraith_92 sunsetsmile I'm not familiar with that one, but if the baby plantlets grow along the edges of the leaves, I'm sure I've grown something similar, a gift from a friend many years ago. She called it a "flea plant" because the little plantlets would all come off the edges when they were ready to grow---they even had tiny little roots already. They would all seemingly jettison themselves at once, although it was the wind that disloged them. Most of the time they had "jumped" before they were the size of a housefly. The leaves were smaller, arrowhead-shaped, and a grayish-green. Before we knew it, we had them everywhere, and they got big pretty fast. I had forgotten all about those---I'd like to find one again. It was interesting and fun to grow. My mother was a huge fan of kalanchoes, we had lots of different ones growing up. Oh, yes the United States has lots of Kalanchoes, but no Pinnata types. My mom recently bought a Kalanchoe. Great to meet you! I'm always ready to learn more! It is nice to meet you too. I joined the guild so I could talk to others who take an interest in plants and the environmental movement. It is really nice to feel like there is someone to just talk to. I get very excited about plants, I love them.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:46 am
I have pictures of the other plants in my house. This is a blushing bromeliad:   My sister wasn't taking proper care of it so it started to rot. My mom re-potted it and now we are hoping it will recover. Quite a beautiful plant.  I think this is an orchid:  This is a cluster of various plants:   This is a type of air plant:  This is the air plant my cat attacked the other day that reminded me of yours,PiercedPixie2:  Here is bamboo:  A ficus tree:  Another Orchid:  An Aloe and a Jade plant ( I love Jade plants. I wish I had one of my own.)  I am not sure what plant this is, but it nice.  We also have this little hanging garden of "Witch Balls" which are like crystal balls suspended in air.  We also have this fountain with various rocks in it.  For a finale I have one of my five dogs. Her name is Ella. 
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:40 am
Jesus 5 dogs?
And you guys have almost a nursery in your house, thats cool x3
I really love the hanging air plant <3
Your parents must be cool to raise you around nature, i was raised in the city so the only plants i really saw before moving to where i am was a dandelion growing through concrete. O.o
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:10 pm
You have so many beautiful plants Wraith!
Are you the one who takes care of them all? I have a fat aloe plant myself. I think everyone should own an aloe plant. They're so useful and handy.
You also don't have to apologize. The subforums are just to keep things orderly. The main one gets the most attention anyways, so I can see the logic in starting a thread here. [:
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