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October giveaway: win my SS02 mother plant. Free to enter, ends October 31. No purchase necessary; see the rules. Enter freeSee the Yard

Mama Llama seal. Plain ring.

Hybrid

Mama Llama

Mama Llama is reportedly grown for color rather than shape: a heavy blue, waxy bloom that deepens as the plant matures. Community notes tie it to the breeder Misplant, as a "Kim" .

  • blue skin
  • glaucous with age
  • shade keeps blue

HybridNamed clone: One original plant and every cutting taken from it, given a name by a grower.

At a glance

In the yard

Character

Skin
The plant is reportedly known above all for turning strongly , developing a blue as it matures.
Drawing of a cross: one column carrying a rounded, nearly spineless habit on one side and a deeply notched, long-spined one on the other.
A hybrid column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

Every photo shows another grower how this one really grows. Thank you.

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