Echeveria bicolor

A tall, stem-forming Echeveria of the northern Andes, the main Echeveria of Colombia and western Venezuela. Specimens describe succulent plants 50–80 cm tall with orange to red-and-yellow flowers, growing on road banks, rock walls and in high-Andean forest edges and páramo at about 2500–4000 m. It wants cool, bright, evenly mild conditions all year rather than hot summers.

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

Herbarium labels place it in regenerating high-Andean forest, on rock walls beside tracks, in rocky areas and in páramo. It grows in open or lightly shaded spots on banks and rock faces.

Recorded from 0 to 4195 m, but the median is 2857 m and most specimens come from 2500–3500 m; the few lowland records are doubtful.

ColombiaVenezuela

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.