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Echeveriaor stone flower is unusual, is used in indoor breeding and has numerous varieties. Plants differ in shape, color, structure of sheets and flowers, which conveys the photo of Echeveria. Currently, there are more than 150 varieties, but breeders get new amazing hybrids. From a small shrub to a compact loose kochanchik you can find a plant in greenhouse and home breeding.
The flowers on the long legs hovering above the plant give a particular decorative effect to the Echeveria succulent. Their shade varies with the weather. On clear sunny days, you can get a saturated red inflorescence, on a cloudy - a yellow flower blooms.
Classification of Echeveria
All plant and animal species from ancient times, researchers are trying to describe and collect families from inhabitants of the land with similar traits. Species sketched, creating plant atlases, later began to take pictures. The slightest shades are better seen in the photograph, in the description of the variety of echeveria and distinctive features help to focus attention on the details. Both Echeveria and Lithops attract the attention of flower growers with their unusual appearance and wide variety of varieties.
The plant catalog allows you to visually see a specimen and familiarize yourself with its description. Considering the plants it becomes clear that the raging passions pass, and the world is eternal. Nature slowly creates its masterpieces, polishing every view for thousands of years.
Consider a photo of Echeveria species:
- agave;
- shiny;
- cushion;
- giant;
- is exquisite.
Each type of succulent includes varieties, some of them will be discussed in more detail.
Agave-shaped Echeveria
The photo of Agave-shaped Echeveria is a loose rosette of leaves of complex shape with a blade passing to an oval and a pointed tip. The surface is waxy, the colors are extensive, but on the pointed end all plants of this species have a thorn. Echeveria agavoides blooms in late spring, the flowers come out from the leaf axils and the crown create a color cloud up to 40 cm above the plant.
Echeveria is related, AFFINIS
Succulent is described in 1958. The plant has a rosette with a stem of no more than 5 cm, and with a diameter of up to 20 cm. With a lack of lighting, it is intensely green.
Echeveria elegant
Echeveria elegans is offered in several varieties that combine the following characteristics:
- is a thick stem that can lodge and root;
- leaves are light almost white, collected in the outlet up to 15 cm;
- leaves end spines;
- new outlets are formed from the side shoots in the leaf axils.
The echeverius graceful flower is perfectly shown in the photo.
Another variety of this type of Echeveria is also here.
Echeveria Darenberg
The plant takes place with the help of creeping stems, which rooted sockets with leaves covered with a bluish bloom, with a reddish edging. This species blooms long from April to June, but the flower stalks are short. The socket resembles a half-open fir cone.
Echeveria humpbacked flower
Presented by many varieties of the plant. The unusual shape of the leaves and the straight stem are repeated in different versions of the Beauty adds a bright flower ear. Leaf blade can grow up to 20 cm in length and 15 in width. The sheet is concave. There are metallic varieties or lumps here. One minus, at home to achieve flowering of this species is almost impossible.
In nature, it is a shrub up to 60 cm high, with two to three ramifications. Peduncles thick to 6 cm in diameter, blooms in autumn and winter.
The well-known variety “Black Prince” belongs to humpback flowers, the leaves are pink-gray.
"Pearl of Nuremberg" with red-brown leaves.
Echeveria Lau
The plant requires a special description. On the short-barred form grow large fleshy leaves with a waxy coating. Leaves a bit, but their appearance causes a smile. They look like pancakes coated with wax. Even the flowers in this protective layer. But this raid requires careful treatment. The flowers of this plant are large, up to 1.5 cm in diameter. This flower grows slowly and demanding care.
. Brilliant species.
. A group of plants represents several varieties of echeveria affecting with strict geometric forms and coloring of leaves. In nature, it is a shrub with a small branching, the leaves, like shoulder blades, are up to 10 cm long, sometimes with a notch along the outer edge. On peduncles up to half a meter in height are flowers. They can be brushes or umbrellas. The plant blooms in winter or early spring.
Echeveria amoena
A flower native to the dry foothills of Mexico. Shoots are flat with active branching. Sockets on them are formed from bluish leaves. The shape of the sheets is triangular, the flowers are yellowish with a red sheen. Lovers of these plants are rare and highly valued.