Echeveria minimaf.cristatais a modest flora that create beautiful , sculpturesque shapes as it maturate , build it an fantabulous plus to your collection .
Echeveria minimaf.cristata
Echeveria minima
Private collection, Fresno, California, United States. Photo by Harley Mallow. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : SempervivoideaeTribe : SedeaeGenus : Echeveria
The formal name " cristata " ( say " kris - TAY - tuh " ) means " tufted , crested , plume . "
Echeveria minimais native toMexico . Echeveria minimaf.cristatais aformofEcheveria minimaselected for its mutate growth .
Private collection, Manila, Philippines. Photo by Argie Salango. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Echeveria minimaf.cristatais an intriguing succulent with thick-skulled , heavy , obtusely packed leaves along flattened stem . The leave areglaucousgreen , with a short , pointed gratuity and a cherry tinge along their upper margins . Unlike the normalEcheveria minimaform , thecrestedform has smaller leave , and eachspecimenhas a alone and beguile chassis .
Christ Within : Echeveria minimaf.cristatarequires full sun to partial spectre for optimum growth . Therefore , place it near the promising window in your domicile . If you move the works outside in the spring , bit by bit acclimatize it to less intense afternoon sun .
Soil : Having soil that debilitate quickly is most important for growing healthy succulent . While many growers opt tocreate their own soil admixture , using a commercial soil mixture designed for succulents will also work well for this flora .
Private collection, Fresno, California, United States. Photo by Harley Mallow. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Temperature : High temperature are not a job as long as there is mickle of fresh line to disseminate . However , Echeveria minimaf.cristatais a tender succulent that must be fetch indoors if there is a risk of freezing temperature . It grows best in USDA Plant Hardiness zone 10a to 11b , with average minimal wintertime temperatures rove from 30 ° F to 50 ° fluorine ( - 1.1 ° C to 10 ° light speed ) .
lacrimation : This plant prefers the " soaking and juiceless " method acting during the grow time of year . pee deep and then let the soil dry out out wholly before irrigate again . weewee sparingly during the winter , only enough to keep the plant from shriveling . Above all , if you have a dish aerial under the pot , do not forget to empty the superfluous water .
Fertilizing : Although it can grow well without plant food , Echeveria minimaf.cristatamay benefit from extra nutrients . feast only during the growing time of year and habituate a water - soluble fertiliser cut to half - strength .
Private collection, Fresno, California, United States. Photo by Harley Mallow. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
repot : If get in a container , repot as postulate in spring or early summer . secure the soil is ironic before starting . Also , always use a container with drainage muddle .
extension : Echeveria minimaf.cristatacan be propagated by leaves or set-back during the grow time of year .
Learn more atHow to Grow and Care for Echeveria .
Echeveria minimaf.cristatahas no reported toxic upshot and is safe to grow around fry andpets .
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