Sunroom plant, jersey cactus?

[chrisozz]

I'm hoping you can help identify the attached plant. The plants in the sunroom where inherited with the purchase of the house and I've identified all the others.* It's been driving me crazy not knowing what this one is so your help is MUCH appreciated. Someone said it might be a "jersey cactus" but I haven't been able to find anything online with that name.* The sunroom is located in Central Valley, New York.

We have a few of theses plants that grow practically without any attention.* The biggest one, which rests against a beam bloomed with two big* pink mophead like flowers once in the spring.** They all drop seeds in abundance, which turn into seedlings and grow like wild.* They like the seams in the floor, growing close to rocks and the edge against the brick and window.*

As you can see, the biggest ones are getting heavy and leaning.* I took a cutting of of one of the arms, which had roots growing close to where it attached to the main stem. I'm waiting to see if it roots.* I appreciate any information you can give about identifying and caring for (propagating) this plant.

[chrisozz]

Attached is a photo of another one of these plants.* (I didn't know how to add two photos to one post.)

Thanks for your help.

[Newt]

Hi Chrisozz,

I can't see the picture clearly, but it appears you have Kalanchoe daigremontiana aka Bryophyllum daigremontianum aka Mother of Thousands.* It's got more then one scientific name and there are different varieties of it.
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week375.shtml
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plan...emontiana.html

Newt

[chrisozz]

Mother of THOUSANDS is right!!* THANK YOU THANK YOU!!* I appreciate your quick and accurate response.* I should have posted this sooner.* This is definitely a match and you've cured my painstaking obsession of surfing the net in vain.* Interesting that it is poisonous and dies after blooming, although the one that bloomed is very much alive and kicking.

[Newt]

You are so very welcome!* Glad I could help.* Plants grown indoors often behave differently then when they are grown in the wild.* This species tends to bloom sporatactly in a greenhouse situation and still live on.

Newt