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Echeveria ID, Please :)

8 years ago

The tag just said echeveria sp. Thank you in advance :)



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  • 8 years ago

    It looks like it may be E. Perle von Nurnberg. But there are few very similar looking plants, and depending on growing conditions, sometimes not easy to tell apart. They all need well draining mix, container should have drainage hole(s), very good light, good air circulation.

  • 8 years ago

    It can be Echeveria Perle von Nurnberg or Echeveria gibbiflora metallica or Echeveria magic red.

  • 8 years ago
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    It is possible that it may be one of those you named...here is my E. gibbiflora metallica when purchased:


    ...and here is young E. Perle von Nurnberg:
    Pictures may not be best comparison since they were taken at different times; metallica was just purchased, PvN grown from the leaf and kept under good supplemental lights.
    But they are very similar looking; under same light conditions E. PvN was more purplish colour than metallica.

    I am not familiar with magic red. Like that color :) Some pictured looks like they have much thicker leaves (as shown here ), others look almost the same - except the color.

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you all for the replies....at first I thought it might be Perle von Nurnberg, but, the leaves curl more than the ones I've seen (I don't know if that could be due to growing conditions or not).
    Rina, your plants are beautiful! That PvN is so perfect...it's amazing that it grew from a leaf, it's gorgeous!

    I am going to re-pot sometime over the next few days...the soil feels almost like pure peat, I don't know how the nursery grew it in that soil for so long :(

    While I was browsing for an ID I found this picture:

    "Fantastic Fountain"

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    PvN is quite easy to grow from leaves. I have rooted few:

    I noticed that leaves on your plant are bit wavy, and they look almost leathery. Is the plant in lots of light? Hope you post photo follow-up, it would be interesting to see it in best color. And perhaps easier to ID.

    I mentioned other plants looking similar; beside few already mentioned, xGraptoveria 'Fred Ives' could look similar too. It usually has longer and narrower leaves, and could grow quite large rosette, but again - it depends a lot on growing conditions. Here is photo of some I have:

    One of the plants is blooming right now:

  • 8 years ago

    I think the upshot is that your plant will forever be a NoID. As long as you like it, however, that won't matter. :-)

    That 'Fantastic Fountain' is quite intriguing!

  • 8 years ago

    I have it outside now. The picture was a day after I got it from Home Depot, so it will be interesting to see any color changes....of course it's getting pretty chilly here lately, so that may affect it as well. The leaves are kind of leathery.

    A lot of my plants (probably the majority) are NoID :) so, I don't really care, I was just curious.

    Thank you again :D

  • 8 years ago

    The leaves of this Echeveria peruviana look somewhat similar to me, but, I don't see mine ever being this color.......now I have to look for this one ;)

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you to everyone that responded, I appreciate it. Yes, I think that e. gibbiflora is as close as it's going to get ....which is fine, I was just curious if it could be identified as a named cultivar. Thank you, again!! :)