I know now how a humming bird or a honey bee feel about flowers. We walked into our local grocery store, my head swivelled and body followed. On a low display sat the most incredible orchid. It was beautiful with long green leaves and an unbelievable arch of flowers. I could not take my eyes away from it. The depth and range of colour you really need to see in person to get the full effect.
Upon seeing the true pronunciation written, black on white, I’m afraid my lower jaw truly did hit my chest. Kalanchoe is pronounced how??? That's it! I will never trust my trusty dictionary again! Mind you I have a history being widely off the mark with my pronunciations. For years I 'kned' my bread instead of kneading it. (And wouldn’t you know it! That is the only one I can remember after a life time of learning new words from books! I know I was covered with embarrassment many a time having misspoke a word... the way others look at you!) One word is commonly misspoken where I grew up (northern British Columbia, Canada) - shone - everyone I know pronounces it 'shawn' yet throne is throne. Strange, eh? It surprised me to discover people really do pronounce it shone! Back to the ‘kalunkohee’.