Echeveria colorata

Echeveria colorata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to Mexico.

Description

Echeveria colorata is an evergreen perennial succulent, with a rosette of fleshy leaves growing up to in diameter.

Taxonomy

Synonym:

• Echeveria lindsayana Walther 1972

Forms:

• Echeveria colorata f. brandtii

Cultivars:

• Echeveria colorata 'Haage'
• Echeveria colorata 'Mexican Giant'

Hybrids:

• Echeveria 'Beatrice'
• Echeveria 'Frank Reinelt'
• Echeveria 'Laulindsa'
• Echeveria 'Margaret Martin'
• × Graptoveria 'Opalina'

Cultivation

Echeveria colorata is cultivated as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and as a potted plant.

In cooler temperate regions, it must be kept indoors for the winter, as it does not tolerate temperatures of and below. Optimum growing temperature 23 Ã‚°C to 25 Ã‚°C. In Australia the summer temperatures can reach above 40 Ã‚°C so protection will be required. Either move into a more shaded position or shade cloth covering of 70%.

Etymology

Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.

Colorata means 'colored'.

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