Echeveria

ECHEVERIA (ek-e-vee’-ri-ah) - A genus of succulents of the Orpine Family, having leaves in rosettes and small flowers usually in spikes. They closely resemble the houseleeks and cotyledons, and like them are grown indoors in pots and dish arrangements and sometimes bedded out in summer. Echeverias require; a light sandy or gritty soil and excellent drainage; they are easily increased by seed or offsets. For cultural notes see succulents.

Echeveria gibbiflora, to 2 ft., has leaves to 7 in. long, often rose-tinted, and red flowers. Var. metallica has foliage with a purplish metallic lustre.

Echeveria secunda, with broadly oval, sharp-pointed, grayish blue leaves, bears reddish flowers on stems to 15 in.

Echeveria glauca has nearly round leaves, pale green with a bloom, and bears yellow and pink flowers on reddish branches.

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