Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Pachyphytum garciae Pérez-Calix & Glass |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-1600m |
Description | rosettes 5-8mm, leaves elliptic or obovate, 2-5cm, thick, glaucous, blue-green, mucronate, inflorescence 20cm, sepals erect, oblong, subequal, petals oblong, acute |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Mexico (Mexico Northeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CRASSULACEAE
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