Valentine

• Name: Valentine
• Species: A. Kalanchoe with red flowers
• Current format: Potted in fancy minimalistic baby blue-ish grey pot with looping hearts etched in. This is just a facade - it actually lives in a normal plastic pot, like a peasant. Still keeps the fancy heart-shaped lollipop thingy tho. Halloween thinks it's twee.
• Obtained on: 14/02/23
• Obtained from: Valentine's gift from my dad
• Current status: Alive, flowers slowly wilting

Valentine came to me at a time I was interested in getting plants to make my living space look like a happier place to be in. My dad likes to get my mother and me flowers for Valentine's, but this is the first time it's a potted plant instead of a bouquet, which made me especially happy.

Unlike Halloween, his cousin, Valentine came with information on how to take care of him as well as his species, A. Kalanchoe. They seem to be close to succulents (which I deduced given the thickness of the leaves) which makes them hardy plants. Perfect for transporting, selling, gifting, and clumsy hands like mine.

While Halloween lives in my parents' house, which is big and sunny and more natural than the city, I insisted in keeping Valentine with me. He's currently in the process of losing flowers, I guess his flowering season is coming to an end.

• 26/04/23: All of Valentine's flowers wilted, his season is well over :( I got adviced to remove them once they wilt.