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Echeveria
Echeveria is one of the most colorful genus of the vast crassulaceae family due to the considerable variability in the size and coloring of the leaves and flowers.
Their shape is always that of one or more rosettes of succulent leaves, which can be carried by an elongated stem, simple or branched, but more often shortened to be invisible.
Widespread especially in Mexico, the genus is present with some species in the north, in the United States and in the south, in central and southern America.
In nature it prefers mountainous areas, colonizing rocky walls, in cracks where the dripping of rainwater keeps a minimum of humidity.
Care
Given their mountain origins in winter they are tolerant of low temperatures, but even if perfectly dry, only a few species survive freezing. In cultivation they require substrates with a good organic content and well drained. Most echeverias like frequent watering during the vegetation period, punctual fertilization and transplanting once every two or three years. The cochineal mealybug is the parasite that most frequently attacks these plants, causing bad leaf deformations and rot.-
Echeveria compressicaulis
Venezuelan species widespread in the Merida mountains at 2000 m of altitude. Curious for the angular stem. It forms branching shrubs with compact rosettes of rounded leaves, reddish-green in colour. Learn More -
Echeveria colorata
Atemajac, Jalisco, Mexico.
interesting for the leaves, glaucous green in color with reddened apex, especially in winter. The form of Atemajac is known for the almost total absence of bloom. Learn More -
Echeveria colorata
Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico.
interesting for the pastel color of the leaves covered in bloom, which ranges from pure white to the red of the tapered apex. Learn More -
Echeveria coccinea
Santa Maria Mexicano, Mexico.
interesting for the lanceolate leaves covered with a thin hair, carried in loose rosettes on the top of long, sparsely branched stems. The inflorescence is a spike that can exceed one meter in height. Although small, sometimes the flowers are so vividly red that they are distinguishable from a distance. Learn More -
Echeveria aurantiaca
Chilapa, Guerrero, Mexico.
Interesting species for the intense red color that the leaves take on in the colder months. Learn More -
Echeveria alata
This shrubby species with medium-sized rosettes comes from the Tehuantepec mountains (Oaxaca, Mexico). The leaves are tinged with red on the lower page. Learn More