Echeveria agavoides
A stemless Echeveria of the central Mexican highlands with stiff, pointed, agave-like leaves forming rosettes about 8–15 cm across. It grows on rock outcrops, canyon walls and stony slopes in oak and scrub country at roughly 1,850–2,600 m. The climate there has warm, sunny days, cold winter nights and a dry winter and spring. Give it full sun, a mineral mix and a cool, dry winter rest.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe it on rock faces and outcrops ('sobre peñas'), on steep upper slopes and summits, in canyons and near waterfalls, often within open Quercus potosina oak woodland. Wikipedia summarises its habitat as rocky canyons and arid hillsides. Plants sit in pockets of thin, gritty soil on rock, where water drains away within hours of rain. Some shade from oaks or rock faces during part of the day is likely at many sites.
Measured records run 1,845–2,600 m, with a median of 2,252 m. Specimen labels cluster at about 2,000–2,450 m on the plateau of San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Zacatecas and Querétaro.
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