🌱 Morphology
Hybrid created by Gert Ubink through the crossing of an unregistered Echeveria agavoides cultivar as the female parent and an Echeveria mexicana cultivar as the male parent. The cross was performed in 2006 in Kudelstaart, Netherlands, and the plant selected as ‘Mira’ in 2008 was subsequently propagated by leaf cuttings. It forms a compact rosette approximately 12–16 cm in diameter, with fleshy, relatively narrow, upward-curved leaves. The surface is dark green, with light green margins and reddish-gray tips. In cool temperatures, the reverse of the leaves can acquire a marked purple hue.

🌍 Distribution, habitat and family
It is a horticultural hybrid, so it does not have a natural distribution. It belongs to the Crassulaceae family. Its genealogy is documented as Echeveria agavoides × Echeveria mexicana. The patent explicitly differentiates it from ‘Maria’, from which ‘Mira’ is distinguished by its smaller size, darker leaves, light green margins, and reddish-gray tips.

❄️ Temperature
USDA 10a. It tolerates minimum temperatures of up to −1 ºC briefly and with the substrate completely dry. The patent documentation was based on plants kept above 10 ºC, so there is no experimental proof of frost resistance; for cultivation in Spain, it is recommended to protect it from frost and, especially, from the combination of cold and humidity.

☀️ Lighting
Full sun, with an approximate PAR DLI of 20–30 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹. Abundant lighting keeps the rosette compact and enhances the reddish tones of the tips. In the Madrid summer, if the plant is moved from a sheltered environment to full sun, progressive acclimatization is recommended to avoid burns.

💧 Growth cycle and irrigation
Summer dormancy. Growth is concentrated mainly in spring and autumn, while high summer temperatures can slow it down. During active growth, it is recommended to water abundantly and allow the substrate to dry completely before the next watering. During periods of intense heat, watering is spaced out, and during the winter, it is kept very reduced when temperatures are low.

🌸 Flowering
Flowering occurs mainly between spring and summer, via long floral stems that clearly protrude from the rosette. The flowers are yellow-orange in tone, according to the varietal description. 

🌿 Nutrition
During the active growth period, Desert CHOICE® Succulents is recommended, applied after watering. Before flowering, it can be supplemented with Desert CHOICE® Flowering. During winter dormancy, fertilization is not recommended.

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a technological square pot and with the substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi 

S -> 9cm x 9cm

* As this is an online purchase, the appearance of the specimen sent may vary slightly from the product image. The measurements of the plant are specified in the photo description, but this may also vary slightly because, it is a living being! Each of the Desert CITY plants has unique characteristics.