Echeveria agavoides
Echeveria agavoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Echeveria |
Species: | E. agavoides
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Binomial name | |
Echeveria agavoides | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Echeveria agavoides, or lipstick echeveria, is a
Description
Echeveria agavoides is a small, stemless
Etymology
Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.[4]
Agavoides means 'resembling Agave.'[4]
Taxonomy
Varieties:[1]
- Echeveria agavoides var. agavoides
- Echeveria agavoides var. corderoyi (Baker) Poelln.
- Echeveria agavoides var. multifida E.Walther
- Echeveria agavoides var. prolifera E.Walther
Cultivars:[5]
- 'Aquamarine', with icy, emerald-green leaves.
- 'Ebony', lighter-coloured leaves (almost beige or peach) with dark brown edges, almost burgundy.
- 'Lipstick', neon green leaves with irregular red leaf edges.
- 'Luming', with reddish, maroon-magenta leaves, maturing to dark purple; also has rather pointed leaves.
- 'Oculus', with an entirely burgundy-reddish colour.
- 'Rose Garnet', faint neon-green leaves of rather large and sturdy shape, tipped with magenta pink and maturing to red.
- 'Rubra', with dark reddish leaves growing in a notably tight, almost "closed" rosette.
- 'Salu' grows in a considerably tighter, closed rosette, with pale green leaves lightly tipped in red. Small "point" to the ends of the leaves, which mature to red.
Cultivation
As with most echeverias, E. agavoides may be harmed by moisture and prefers mineral soils, growing best in light and even direct sunshine, which aids flowering. In order to flower, plants need rest in the winter, without water and in a cold place - but not less than 5 °C (41 °F). In
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6]
Many hybrids have been created to obtain more brightly colored flowers or leaves.
The easiest methods of propagation are leaf cuttings and division of older plants. It propagates easily from cutting the stem although propagation from leaves can be more difficult. In order to propagate, one must take a sharp sterilized knife or scissors to cut away at the stem or leaves. Time must pass to allow for callousing before replanting.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Echeveria agavoides Lem". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ISBN 9781845337315.
- ^ ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ ISBN 9780521685535(paperback). pp. 39, 149
- ^ "True Succulents; Agavoides hybrids and cultivars". TrueSucculents.com official site. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Echeveria agavoides". Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ "This Echeveria shows off when it's been happily "stressed."". Succulents and Sunshine. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- Attila Kapitany, (2009). Knowing Echeverias, Cactus and Succulent Journal, Volume 81 Issue 2.
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