Panda Plant, Kalanchoe tomentosa, is a close relative of Mother of Thousands.  It’s called a Panda Plant because the leaves are very very fuzzy and have red tips and they supposedly resemble panda toes.  Though both pandas and Panda Plants are very cute, I do not think there is any real resemblance.

Mother of Thousands can propogate rapidly with little plantlets on the edge of their leaves.  Panda Plants can also propogate from their leaves – but they only make one plantlet per leaf and they only do it if the leaf is in contact with the soil.  It’s still pretty cool, though.  When most plants lose a leaf, the leaf dies.  When a Panda Plant loses a leaf, it clones itself.

This is how my Panda Plant got started.  Mine is a bit leggier than most because it doesn’t get enough sunshine.

 

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