?some kind of aloe

[chasbo]

Hi, folks; stumbled upon the forum and hoping for help in identifying this [presumed] succulent. I first noted it when speeding along the road in a remote, arid section of the Big Island of Hawai‘i. What caught my attention were the bright red/orange flowers standing above the surrounding weeds. On my next trip through the area I pulled over for a closer look.

The plant is growing in, basically, crumbled lava, no real dirt; the mature, flowering ones stand 3+ feet tall, with the pictured blossoms; numerous babies surround the blossoming ones. Also pictured a baby one I brought home, to show the leaves. I know little about succulents (tho' I do have a 12 foot diameter, 6 foot high aloe vera in the yard) but assume from the 'leaves' that this is indeed a succulent. There are no leaves high up on the flowering ones, just around the base.

Also include the pic of what we call a panini cactus, grown from a discarded roadside cutting and what amazes me is that the new leaves/branches shown [and which are about 9 inches long] were not there three short weeks ago - i.e., they have grown from naught to 9 inches in that short time; amazing plants!

Thanks to anyone for your help; happy holidays!

Chas

[Alpherg]

the second is a Kalanchoe daigremontiana and the first is the inflorescence.

[chasbo]

Thank you so much! Now I can read up on it.

[snarfie]

the second is a Kalanchoe daigremontiana and the first is the inflorescence.

Nope, it is kalanchoë delagoensis
Last photo is opuntia(neochilenia or cochenillifera?)

[Alpherg]

it's true! leaves is more tight and different, I did not know this

[snarfie]

ofcourse i've had almost all species of the bryophyllum family(easier to describe the ones that have offsets on the edges of the leaf, because that species were called bryophyllum a while ago, now it's all kalanchoë), only k. laetivirens is missing in my collection. i even had k x houghtonii