🌱 Morphology
  A spontaneous horticultural hybrid discovered by Paco Serrano in Spain. It forms a spectacular rosette, initially compact, which can reach around 30 cm in diameter at maturity. Its leaves are extraordinarily firm, triangular, and fleshy, with a small reddish tip and margins that become progressively wavy and folded. The color ranges from a bluish-green gray with a fine iridescent appearance, and can turn pink, lilac, mauve, and coppery tones when it receives plenty of light and cool nights. The waviness intensifies with age, turning adult specimens into plants with an almost sculptural appearance.

🌍 Distribution, habitat, and family
Cultivated horticultural origin, with no natural distribution of its own. Crassulaceae family. Its origin is in Paco Serrano's Spanish nursery, where it appeared spontaneously among plants grown from seeds of Echeveria lilacina. The maternal parent is not confirmed and the parental pollen remains unknown; E. agavoides has only been proposed as a possible parent.

❄️ Temperature
USDA 9b. Tolerates minimum temperatures of up to −2 ºC occasionally, with the substrate completely dry. Prolonged frosts can seriously damage its leaves.

☀️ Lighting
Full sun, with a recommended PAR DLI of 20–30 mol/m²/day. Intense lighting promotes the compactness of the rosette and enhances the pink, lilac, and coppery tones. Acclimatization to the sun should be gradual, especially after periods of protected cultivation.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Winter dormancy. It is recommended to water abundantly during the active period and let the substrate dry out completely before the next watering. In winter, with less radiation and lower temperatures, watering is greatly reduced, keeping the substrate practically dry. Ventilation is especially important because its deep folds can retain moisture.

🌸 Flowering
It flowers mainly in spring and summer, raising thin stems above the rosette with urn-shaped flowers in shades of pink, orange, or pinkish-orange. No sufficiently reliable documentation has been found regarding the exact age of the first flowering, the number of flowerings within the same season, or its self-fertility.

🌿 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 cultivated in Madrid in a high-tech square pot and with the substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.
Gourmet black pot measuring 10x10 cm

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