How to tend a Echeveria agavoides

Also known as: Cotyledon agavoides Baker, Echeveria obscura (Rose) A.Berger, Echeveria yuccoides hort. ex E.Morr, Urbinia agavoides (Lem.) Rose, Urbinia obscura Rose, Echeveria obscura (Rose) Poelln.

Watering

Avoid water saturation, water thoroughly when soil is dry, reduce watering when in dormancy

Sunlight

Likes light, a short period of dormancy in summer, put in places with bright scattered light

Soil

Peat and akadama mixed in 3:1 ratio

Fertilizer

Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply once monthly in spring and autumn

Pruning

Remove dead and rotten part timely

About this plant

Origin
Mexico
Category
Crassulaceae, Echeveria
Size
Diameter ≥ 3 cm, height ≥ 5 cm
Blooming period
Succulent plants, sometimes flowers, orange red flowers
Flower colors
Leaf color gray white to blue green, when sunny leaf edges turning to dark red
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