Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria skinneri E.Walther |
Bibliography | Echeveria 307 (1972) |
Native Range | sw. Mexico (Oaxaca) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2100m |
Description | glabrous, leaves not in rosette, thick, oblong-obovate, to 45mm long, inflorescence secund raceme, bracts obovate, mucronate, flowers 10-17, corolla conical, 2cm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | scarlet red |
Bloom | summer |
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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 (MXS Mexico Southwest) |