€15,90

🌱 Morphology
Hybrid created by Renee O’Connell by crossing Echeveria ‘Doppler’ × Echeveria ‘R-21’, carried out in 2011 in Vista, California. It forms a very geometric and concentric rosette, measuring about 17–18 cm, composed of numerous fleshy, glaucous, slightly tubular and upright leaves with gently wavy margins. The leaves, measuring about 5.7 cm in length on average, take on shades of lilac, pink-lilac, bluish-gray and purple, with the apex more intensely colored. It grows relatively quickly and produces numerous offsets, easily forming compact clumps. It also reproduces particularly well from leaf cuttings.

🌍 Distribution, habitat and family
Crassulaceae family.
‘Cubic Frost’ is a horticultural hybrid, so it has no natural distribution and should not be assigned a taxonomic series. It was selected in a commercial greenhouse in Vista, California, where the original plant was discovered by Renee O’Connell in September 2011.

❄️ Temperature
USDA 9b. It tolerates minimum temperatures of up to −2 ºC according to the patent, provided the episode is brief and the substrate remains dry. The patent documentation itself records growing trials between approximately −1 and 29 ºC and states a tolerance of approximately −2 to 32 ºC.

☀️ Lighting
Full sun, with an approximate PAR DLI of 20–30 mol/m²/day. High light availability maintains the compact architecture and promotes lilac and pink tones. In summer, especially in very hot climates, it may benefit from protection during the hours of maximum radiation.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Opportunistic. Its vigor and growth capacity allow it to remain active for much of the year when it has suitable temperatures and light. During active growth, it is recommended to water abundantly and let the substrate dry out completely before the next watering. At low temperatures and with little light, watering frequency should be greatly reduced.

🌸 Flowering
It is a floriferous Echeveria, with natural flowering mainly in spring and summer. The lateral inflorescences can reach about 50 cm and produce extraordinarily striking flowers: the corolla has an irregular, almost sculptural shape, with recurved outer petals and a combination of pink, coral and yellow tones. 

🌿 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 high-tech square pot and with a substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.
Gourmet black pot measuring 9x9 cm

* As 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 these may also vary slightly because it is a living thing! Each of the plants at Desert CITY has unique characteristics.

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