Echeveria minima comparison
Both are Echeveria minima. Both are about the same age and with same soil. One on the left got neglected in an unheated garage (zone 6a) with grow lights for a month while the one on the right gets watered regularly and overwintered in basement with heat and grow lights. The difference is stunning.
A photo of the same plant stressing beautifully some 2 or 3 summers ago:
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5 years agoWill the plants be ok? It will be interesting to watch the changes on the left one. They are nice and compact.
I think I have minima. Is this it? Definitely not getting the light yours get. I like their smallness.
Chris (6a in MA) thanked socksRelated Professionals
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago- 5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
Kara please do. I am a part of several plant groups in Facebook and people do get into heated arguments with plant identification. I usually do these experiments just to demonstrate these plants change their appearance in response to differences in watering, light and soil parameters. Here are some of my other experiments:
The last one was probably an E pollux and not E lilacina as stated.
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Update:
Both plants almost look identical now that theyre both inside and getting the same watering schedule. The plant on the right was the one recovering from cold stress and water deprivation.
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Roots are in working order, it’s amazing what a little water does to thirsty succulents🙂.
How long did it take for those leaves to plump up?
What Echeveria is this one? Pollux?
Do you think this is the same as yours?
When I bought it the tag said Echeveria White. Whatever that means🤷♀️. I don’t think it’s a lilacina. It grew two center growth points this winter, wasn’t always like that.
- 5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
Hi Kara. The process took more than a week for the plant to plump up. I left it in a pail of water to soak up the roots.
The plant with the arrow is an Echeveria pollux. It’s the one in the earlier pic which I misidentified as E lilacina. I believe your plant may be a pollux . it’s interesting how the center has split.
The summer after (2018), the plant made this much progress :
A year after (2019), it grew to this after the smaller propagations were pulled off the pot:
Final 2 pics were from August 2020:
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA