Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria bifida Schltdl. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 13: 411 (1839) |
Native Range | ne. Mexico to Mexico-Gulf |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves thick, rhombic-oblanceolate, obscurely petiolate, mucronate, 4-12cm, inflorescence ramose, bracts numerous, oblong, flowers 10-14, corolla conically urceolate, 12mm |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | pink-orange |
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 |
Synonyms | Cotyledon bifida (Schltdl.) Hemsl. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf) |