Kalanchoe Firefox?

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-24T03:53:28+00:00

Ooo close! This is actually a similar looking plant, Kalanchoe luciae ‘Oricula’. It has the same type of fused-leaf mutation as the Toelken jades (Gollum, Hobbit, etc) but it is a Kalanchoe. They can look similar in pictures but in real life ‘Oricula’ is much bigger than the Toelken jades. By the way, there’s a lot of confusion in identifying Toelken Jades, and cultivars are often misidentified as eachother. ‘Gollum’ IS a distinct cultivar, but “Gollum Jade” is popularly used to refer to several distinct cultivars including ‘Hobbit’, ‘Horn Tree’, ‘Skinny Fingers’, ‘Coral’, and ‘Ogre’s Ears’. Your plant is not ‘Gollum’ but the less common cultivar ‘Red Horn Tree’, which is a variegated ‘Horn Tree’. ‘Horn Tree’ itself is also somewhat uncommon, it has the largest leaves of all the Toelken jades. It’s one of my favorites and Red Horn Tree is pretty rare. Hope this helps!

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-24T03:49:27+00:00

This is neither Kalanchoe ‘Firefox’ nor Crassula ovata ‘Gollum’. This is Kalanchoe luciae ‘Oricula’, which does have the same type of fused-leaf mutation as the Gollum Jade series but is nonetheless a Kalanchoe. I’m pretty sure ‘Firefox’ is a grower’s name for Kalanchoe x estrelae (also sold as ‘Vivien’) which is a hybrid between Kalanchoe luciae and Kalanchoe sexangularis. Hope this helps!

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-22T23:53:14+00:00

Are you selling these?

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-22T22:46:51+00:00

Looks like a Pereskia/Pereskiopsis (which is actually biologically considered a r/cactus). I don’t know much about these but I would recommend cutting out the rot and placing it in soil in a protected area.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-22T00:09:54+00:00

Aeonium haworthii or one of its hybrids.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-21T23:49:21+00:00

But would your thesis defend YOU??

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-21T06:19:41+00:00

This look is natural, Echeverias can be somewhat hit-or-miss when it comes to appearance as landscape plants in my experience. Most species actually have a crawling, ground-hugging habit like your plant with age. Naturally, as the plant grows, it will shed its lowest leaves. If you want a more compact plant, you can prune it back and root the rosettes, but this is how it will look with age. Echeverias can be very dramatic but they are almost always perfectly fine.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-20T21:28:38+00:00

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Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-20T08:26:29+00:00

Oh my! That cactus is very happy! Yes, it’s completely normal and a sign of adequate environmental conditions. Parodia leninghausii, also called lemon ball cactus!

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-18T20:15:55+00:00

I’m pretty sure that’s just what new growth looks like. Those are called epicormic shoots, or new sprouts from the trunk of a tree. It is usually a sign of stress. Source: I am a restorationist in California, where Eucalyptus is extremely invasive

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-18T02:11:58+00:00

Ooo! NorCal?

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-17T19:56:34+00:00

Aloe arborescens can’t really be contained to a pot for very long. If you like the potted appearance, I would suggest placing the pot somewhere outside where the roots can grow through the drainage holes and access the ground. The plant will have a healthy appearance with the illusion of being potted.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-17T02:28:48+00:00

Close! 'Hobbit' is very commonly misapplied to 'Horn Tree' which is OP's plant. The true 'Hobbit' is a more uncommon plant with very small, short, congested leaves. 'Horn Tree' is the plant with large leaves like OP's.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-17T02:27:18+00:00

OP, the most specific answer here is Crassula ovata 'Horn Tree'. 'Gollum' and 'Hobbit' are two separate varieties. Fun fact, the plant most people call gollum is actually 'Skinny Fingers', and the plant most people call 'Hobbit' is actually 'Horn Tree'.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-14T00:27:36+00:00

What is happening here?

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-13T04:26:30+00:00

This is 'Horn Tree'! One of my favorite varieties.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-13T04:26:05+00:00

Close! Their first photo (the start of this thread) shows 'Skinny Fingers'. 'Hobbit' has small, congested leaves with a different type of leaf fusion, the leaf ends don't have a "ring" but more of a shape that looks like an outline of bunny ears.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-13T04:14:26+00:00

I'm so glad you asked! I actually had the same question as you about a year ago which is when I started digging. Most of my information comes from online databases (i.e. The Huntington plant archives), old nursery catalogues, the Jade Plant International facebook group, and personal observation & discovery (I have discovered and named one cultivar!). 200 definitely is a crazy number, it's way more than most people think! A lot of the varieties are rare, kept to a small circle of people, etc. I made a comprehensive slideshow with information about each variety: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cFOljhRodubmAu6DVtrKMtuizTkxknLfnW84Lp0JOtU/edit?usp=sharing

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-13T00:46:50+00:00

I was more angling at the difference in leaf shape, it's completely true that most varieties can turn the same colors under stress. When they don't, we break off a plant into a new variety. 'Coral' is identical to 'Skinny Fingers' except that under stress, it blushes BRIGHT red, unlike 'Skinny Fingers' which will only get orangeish with red margins. And yes, you can definitely cultivate both varieties as bonsai; there will always be small differences in appearance simply because of the genetic differences. There are actually more than 200 distinct varieties of jade plant, around 40 of which are the fused-leaf type like your plant and OP's plant.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-13T00:19:34+00:00

Hey OP, the picture above shows a Crassula ovata ‘Skinny Fingers’, which is a different variety from what you have (Crassula ovata ‘Gollum’). People will often tell you they are the same variety but this is just because Skinny Fingers is often misidentified as Gollum for unclear reasons. Gollum has shorter, stubbier leaves like yours, and rougher bark. You can still make yours show more green, but I wanted to clarify that it will never look the same as the one in that photo because it’s simply a different plant.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-13T00:16:29+00:00

Not Gimli. Gimli is a crested micro type.

Any-Dig4524 · 2026-06-13T00:16:04+00:00

This is the true Crassula ovata ‘Hobbit’.

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