Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria compressicaulis Eggli & N.P.Taylor |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 19(4): 224 (2002) |
Native Range | nw. Venezuela |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2200m |
Description | rossetes, leaves elliptic-ovate, acute, 4-5cm, 7-9mm thick, brown-green, inflorescence racemose, to 15cm, sepals patent, corolla urceolate, to 1cm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | orange-yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
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 | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) |