Nice!

Good growing, Paul. Mine are in flower, also.

So pretty! Love the contrast between the red blooms and the gorgeous purple. For some odd reason, mine isn't flowering right now; not even looking like it's thinking about doing it.

Paul

I have Black Prince (soon to flower), but since I had to put it inside, it 'turned' green. There is hardly any dark color left. It is in south window, sun almost all day.
Yours has still such a great color. Do you use any supplemental lights?
How long has it been inside?
Thnx.

Rina

No supplemental light, Rina. My orchids have first claim to any such spots. I am surprised yours isn't darker. Mine sits in a SW completely unobstructed window for whatever meager sunlight is available this time of year. (And meager does describe it. Today is the first sunshine I have seen in about a week -- and it was only 'partly sunny' and only for a short time at that.) Mine has definitely lost a lot of its dark dark 'outside for the summer' color. I think I bought it inside the beginning of Oct. but not sure exactly when. While mine did green up a lot last winter, it never completely lost all of the dark color.

Rina, even though the two plants on the left have been in my greenhouse since late October (they were outside in full sun prior) they have begun to turn green. And the middle plant is just now beginning to open while the others are much further along. The plant on the right has been in an east facing window for the past two weeks and it, too, has turned green. They really need long days of full sun to keep their color. In fact, it takes almost the entire month of May outside before they regain their color. The same is true for all of my other Echeveria.

Thank you Paul & Howard;

here is my 'almost all green' Black prince.
I have it in sunniest spot I can provide - unobstructed south window. I gues I have to wait until next summer to get some nice dark color.
It has 2 new bloom stalks, they are considerably thinner than yours, Howard. And not ththat many flower buds, like either yours or Paul's.
Rina

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You will want to give them a "ton" more light and longer day length. Your plants are a bit etiolated. This will correct itself next summer with placing them outside in a location where they will receive strong light from dawn to dusk. Even though you have them in a south facing window, you will have to "gently" acclimate them to being outside or the will burn big time!

Thanks Howard, they are very etiolated. And getting more by day, we didn't have any sun for over a week & it really shows.

Rina, cutting back severely on the water and placing them, if possible, in a cool area might bring their growth to a halt or at least slow it down to reduce etiolation.

Paul, thank you for this suggestion - I'll try that.
How cool?
Would you leave it in sunny location at the same time?
Rina

I would guess temps in the 50s and, yes if you can manage it, still give them a sunny location.

Paul, I remember way back when you talked of this one. Truly an amazing set of blooms against such a nice color plant! A must have.

Mike