Echeveria

The genus Echeveria includes more than 150 perennial herbaceous or woody succulent tender species, often with a fleshy rosette of leaves. Bell-shaped yellow, orange or white flowers are collected in a spike-shaped or racemose inflorescence. Echeveria bright red (Echeveria coccinea) is characterized by a branched peduncle, apical rosettes of pubescent leaves and red flowers with a yellow border. Echeveria compacta (E. compacta) is a small plant 10 cm tall with light green leaves collected in small basal rosettes. In summer, dark red flowers bloom. Echeveria derenbergii (E. derenbergii) is a bushy species with a rosette composed of glaucous red-banded leaves; orangish flowers are collected in brushes. It grows up to 8 cm in height. Echeveria elegant (E. elegans) is a species with very light blue leaves and pink flowers. Echeveria humpback (E. gibbiflora) has a strong stem up to 65 cm high and an apical rosette consisting of leaves up to 30 cm long, glaucous, and in one of the varieties - light pink. In autumn, red flowers collected in inflorescences bloom. Common in the culture of echeveria is a single-sided glaucous (E. secunda glauca) with large rosettes of bluish-green leaves of medium size; the plant forms many lateral rosettes, from which new plants develop. Inflorescences consist of red outside and yellow inside flowers. The species is valued for its increased resistance to cold compared to other species. Echeveria bristle (E. setosa) grows to 7-8 cm in height. The leaf rosette is covered with white fluff. In summer, red flowers bloom.

The genus Echeveria includes more than 150 perennial herbaceous or woody succulent tender species, often with a fleshy rosette of leaves. Bell-shaped yellow, orange or white flowers are collected in a spike-shaped or racemose inflorescence.

Echeveria bright red (Echeveria coccinea) is characterized by a branched peduncle, apical rosettes of pubescent leaves and red flowers with a yellow border.

Echeveria compacta (E. compacta) is a small plant 10 cm tall with light green leaves collected in small basal rosettes. In summer, dark red flowers bloom.

Echeveria derenbergii (E. derenbergii) is a bushy species with a rosette composed of glaucous red-banded leaves; orangish flowers are collected in brushes. It grows up to 8 cm in height.

Echeveria elegant (E. elegans) is a species with very light blue leaves and pink flowers.

Echeveria humpback (E. gibbiflora) has a strong stem up to 65 cm high and an apical rosette consisting of leaves up to 30 cm long, glaucous, and in one of the varieties - light pink. In autumn, red flowers collected in inflorescences bloom.

Common in the culture of echeveria is a single-sided glaucous (E. secunda glauca) with large rosettes of bluish-green leaves of medium size; the plant forms many lateral rosettes, from which new plants develop. Inflorescences consist of red outside and yellow inside flowers. The species is valued for its increased resistance to cold compared to other species.

Echeveria bristle (E. setosa) grows to 7-8 cm in height. The leaf rosette is covered with white fluff. In summer, red flowers bloom.

Cultivation

Echeveria is grown in pots as an indoor crop or on the balcony, and in mild winters - in the open ground. In favorable conditions, the plant quickly grows on the site, covering its entire surface. When growing, the pot is filled with well-drained soil, which is a mixture of earth and sand, with the addition of a complete long-acting mineral fertilizer in the amount of 20-30 g per bucket of soil. In the warm season, two top-ups with a complex liquid fertilizer at the rate of 20-30 ml per bucket of water are enough.

Location

It should be very well lit, it can even be open sun. When grown in the open ground, Echeveria prefers light, water-permeable soil and a place closed from the winds-even in mild climates.

Temperature

The temperature should not fall below 4 °C.

Watering

If the plant is cultivated as a houseplant, it is watered often in spring and summer, less often when the temperature drops, and almost completely stopped in winter: you should only keep the soil in a slightly moist state, making sure that water does not get on the leaves. At home, frequent but very moderate watering is always required.

If the plant is cultivated as a houseplant, it is watered often in spring and summer, less often when the temperature drops, and almost completely stopped in winter: you should only keep the soil in a slightly moist state, making sure that water does not get on the leaves.

At home, frequent but very moderate watering is always required.

Transplant

Transplanted in the spring, filling a more spacious pot compared to the previous one with the same soil as used for the main cultivation.

Care

Remove damaged parts, mainly in early spring.

Reproduction

Propagate vegetatively or by seed. In April, the lateral daughter rosettes formed on the peduncle are separated, and after light drying, they are rooted, and then transplanted into pots. It can also be propagated by leaf cuttings. Species that form few lateral rosettes are propagated by seed. Sow in moderately moist soil, dive in sandy, later transplanted into pots.

Diseases

Worms cause noticeable damage especially to pubescent leaves, sometimes they also affect the roots. They get rid of them by wiping infected leaves with a rag or cotton swab soaked in alcohol. Then the plant is treated with anticoccidal drugs. Rust provokes the appearance of peculiar abscesses on the leaves. Affected plants are treated with fungicides based on copper and dithiocarbamate.

Acquisition

In specialized sales halls, it is easy to buy seedlings in cups. Make sure that the plants are free of pests.