Leslie's succulent page 03e

Echeveria gibbiflora v. 'Carunculata'

Hort.
A plant of unknown horticultural origin.
Grown well it is a magnificent spectacle with its stems and leaves of delicate pastel blue, lavender and pink plus the leaf protuberances, which appear in the summer and autumn. The plants below show the leaves in the spring.
The flowers are a let down as they are small, pink and yellow born on long 60 cm. stems in late autumn and winter.
I personally use the flower stems to produce new plants, necessary as they are not very long lived for me.
Care is necessary in handling as the pruinose (farina) is easily marked. A plant for the Echeveria enthusiast.

Echeveria gibbiflora v. 'Carunculata'
Cultivation is moderately easy:
A large colourful plant requiring a rich well drained compost and plenty of water in the growing season.
In the winter the compost must never completely dry out otherwise a large plant could easily dry back from the top. A minimum winter temperature of 4慢 with good light and air circulation is required.

Propagation tricky:
Flower stem rooting is the easiest way. One out of three stems planted will root in a propagator and produce offsets, with adventitious roots which grow on easily. Eventually it can get top heavy after vigorous growth, then the top can be cut off, dried, then rooted in sandy compost. If you are lucky the beheaded stem will produce offsets which can be detached, rooted and grown on.

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