Echeveria cojitambensis

Echeveria cojitambensis is a recently described Andean echeveria from southern Ecuador, known from very few records near Azogues around 2,850 m. It lives in a cool, cloudy, humid highland climate with no warm season, so it wants cool days, cold nights and bright light rather than heat.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Known from a small area in the inter-Andean highlands of southern Ecuador. Andean echeverias of this zone typically grow on rocky outcrops and dry banks among scrub; habitat details for this species are not published in sources we could reach.

The one measured site is about 2,850 m; few records carry an elevation.

Ecuador

🔒 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.