Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Pachyphytum garciae Pérez-Calix & Glass |
Bibliography | Acta Bot. Mex. 48: 4 (1999) |
Native Range | ne. Mexico (Querétaro) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, 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 | 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 | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |