Heres mine

Ooooh, thanks so much!

I have one too. Cooliceball is correct. =)

Yep, that is what it is . A very slow grower....

I did some research online and noted that it is one of the slowest growing succulent, which makes me wonder how old mine is (around 2 inch diameter)

Your welcome matthew

Lol what if it was 5 years old

Eww can you post a pic of yours i would like to see it

I have some 2 inch wide ones that are probably 5 years old...

You kidding

Breton2 - That's pretty wild! Hopefully mine at least get a *little* bit bigger, haha.

Cooliceball - Sure, here's what mine looks like:

Thanks

ew
How large is that pot? It's hard to judge the size...

Joining the train here :D Also recent purchase

Repotted. Getting some evening sun

Very nice!!

Rina - mine is in a 3.5" pot, what about yours?

David - nice!

My guy is a little crispy on the tips, and it looks like it's sending out a baby inflorescence spike soon. Updates on the bloom when it's up..

- Bernard

Nice! Look forward to some flowers this year hopefully. So far everyone's taking their time other than the Aloe aristata..

ew
The clay pot is 5", plastic 4.5" (one in round plastic pot bloomed):

OP here (changed my name)

I have yet another question. I noticed that all the succulents in the pictures here are potted in what seems to be VERY coarse / chunky potting medium (seemingly without any soil). May I ask whether that is really the case, or is the coarse medium just the topmost layer for aesthetic purposes?

I had repotted mine in a much larger pot, but I based my mix on some commercially available Cactus / succulent mix called Horti Cactus Potting Mix. I took that, and mixed it with coarse aquarium sand, around 2:1 proportion. Is that correctly done? (my other succulents seem to be doing ok with that)

You're quite right that almost everybody here is using a very coarse/chunky potting medium! If you search for Gritty Mix, you will find a helpful plethora of threads behind the concept of fast draining soils and bringing more air to the roots (for better plant health).

Most of the photos above have a top dressing, which is aesthetic. But underneath that, the mix honestly is nearly as chunky. For sure, everybody above is using their own customized variations, based on what's locally available and their growing conditions.

Hopefully the others will chip in with what they're using for their E. purpusorums. =)

Mine is a pretty standard 1:1:1 mix of fir bark, turface (calcinated clay), and white granite grit. You can see it in the photo below with my aloe on the left, as well as lying in the drip tray in the far back.

On the bottom right, there is a different mix, since I am planning to gift those two aloes to friends. It is 80% chunky perlite with 20% Pro-Mix Cactus & Succulent soil, which is probably just like your Horti Cactus Potting Mix. It is much cheaper and requires less care than the gritty mix (less fertilizing and watering). I used a kitchen sieve to get rid of the smaller perlite dust/pieces.

As for using aquarium sand suitability for mixing, it all depends on how small the granules are? As well as your growing conditions.

If it's the finer sand, it probably won't help your soil drain much better and may compact over time, making the mix worse. If it's much chunkier, it might not be so bad?

The easiest way to improve the soil and sand you've bought is to just add a whole lot of large perlite, something that Rina suggested to me not so long ago. It was $15 CAD for a 9L bag. =)

Of course, this all depends where you will put your Echeveria in terms of light and temperature. Mine is grown mostly inside like David's, whereas Rina's / Bernard's / Breton's are probably outside? Hopefully they correct me, haha.

ew is correct in saying that I keep plants outside - as long as it is 'warm' enough. Once nighttime temps drop to consistent 10C (50F) or just a touch below, all come inside until spring.
I use mix of grit+turface+perlite (sometimes just grit+perlite) for most of them so it drains well - if it rains and they are caught unprotected, at least they drain fast (I have plastic sheet rigged up to suspend over them in case it rains too many days in row). And these ingredients are not expensive and readily available to me.
I keep them all in full sun (after being acclimatized to it in spring).
I also question size of particles of aquarium sand , aquarium gravel is pretty good size. If nothing else, I would use kitchen sieve to sift the aquarium sand and use only what is left in the sieve.
I use larger size chicken grit as top-dressing - it keeps any perlite that floated to top from being blown away, leaves of plants that have very short trunk (like e. purpusorum above) from sitting directly on wetter mix (usually not a problem, but if there is more soil used it would help), and hopefully keeps chipmunks (little rats!) and squirrels from digging in pots....it also anchors pots if I used mix of only perlite & turface that is very light. And I don't have fungus gnats either (they like moist and organic environment).
ew's mix looks very good and nice - with plants indoors, aesthetics are perhaps more important?

Rina