Echeveria chiapensis

An Echeveria of the humid highlands of Chiapas and Oaxaca, with outlying records in El Salvador. It grows at about 1500–2600 m in oak and cloud forest country, where the air is humid for much of the year, and specimens have even been collected from house roofs.

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 record it on steep slopes with oak, in montane rain forest and cloud forest, and on house roofs. It grows on rocks, banks and similar well-drained perches in these humid forests.

GBIF records span 186–2614 m, median 1950 m (32 records); the lowest records are probably cultivated or mislocated.

Mexico (Chiapas)Mexico (Oaxaca)El Salvador

🔒 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.