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Succulents Partly documented

Echeveria ballsii

A small Colombian Echeveria known from the Cordillera Oriental near Bogotá at about 2600–2700 m. It is rarely grown and little described, so the care here is built from the measured climate: cool, cloudy and damp all year with no real dry season.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

It is recorded from the high Andean zone of the Cordillera Oriental. Andean Echeverias here typically grow on rocks, banks and in shrubby páramo-edge scrub, but no habitat notes were available for this species.

GBIF's species notes give 2600–2700 m. The measured site is near 5° N on the Bogotá plateau.

Colombia (Cordillera Oriental)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.