🌱 Morphology
  A natural mutation of Echeveria ‘Lola’, discovered by Renee O’Connell in 2015 in a commercial greenhouse in Vista, California. It forms a compact, symmetrical, and geometric rosette, about 12 cm in diameter, with approximately 55–70 leaves. The leaves are thick, 3.8–4.5 cm long and about 2.5 cm wide, slightly concave and spatulate in shape, with a wide apex ending in a small point. Its most striking feature is its permanent pink color, which intensifies in cool temperatures, combined with a translucent or hyaline margin that is ivory white. The apex takes on reddish-purple tones. Unlike ‘Lola’, which tends toward alabaster white and turns purple in the cold, ‘Pink Diamond’ retains its pink hue even in warm temperatures.

🌍 Distribution, habitat, and family
It is a horticultural hybrid derived from a mutation of ‘Lola’, so it has no natural distribution. It belongs to the Crassulaceae family. The mutation was stable and has been faithfully reproduced through vegetative propagation by offsets since 2016. No infraspecific series is assigned because it is a horticultural cultivar of hybrid origin.

❄️ Temperature
USDA 9b. Tolerates minimum temperatures down to −2 ºC. The patent documents plants that have been experimentally maintained between approximately −2 and 35 ºC, although for temperatures near freezing, it is recommended to keep the substrate dry and avoid prolonged exposure.

☀️ Lighting
Full sun, with an approximate PAR DLI of 20–30 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹. Intense lighting helps maintain the compact rosette and enhances the pink color of the leaves. The pink color is particularly stable in this cultivar and does not disappear during warm periods as it does with many other pink echeverias. Gradual acclimatization is recommended when moving from protected cultivation to direct sunlight.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Opportunistic. It exhibits relatively robust growth, and the patent expressly states that it does not show the problematic seasonal dormancy observed in some cultivars related to Echeveria shaviana. It is recommended to water abundantly during growth and let the substrate dry out completely before the next watering. It can withstand prolonged periods of heat and drought; in the patent trials, it remained for at least three weeks at high temperatures without supplemental watering and without serious damage.

🌸 Flowering
It flowers approximately from spring to autumn under conditions similar to those of its place of origin. It produces relatively short flower clusters, about 10–15 cm, with 3–5 open flowers and several buds. The flowers are approximately 1.8 cm long, with a red-orange to red exterior and a yellow interior, creating a strong contrast with the pink rosette. Each flower can remain open for between 10 and 20 days, depending on the temperature. 

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

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a high-tech square pot with a substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.
Gourmet black pot, 14x14 cm