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Echeveria colorata

A large rosette echeveria from Jalisco, Mexico, with up to 40 pointed, bluish-glaucous leaves edged and tipped red, forming rosettes 13–20 cm (occasionally up to 40 cm) across on short, rarely branching stems. The flowers are reddish-orange urns on stalks to 30 cm. Grow it like a highland Mexican echeveria: very bright light, a gritty mix, summer water and a cooler, drier winter.

Echeveria colorata
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Published sources give only its home state; like other Jalisco echeverias it is presumed to grow on rocky slopes and cliffs in seasonally dry upland country. Specific habitat details were not found.

Elevation was not given in the sources consulted; most Jalisco echeverias grow in uplands of roughly 1200–2200 m, which is an assumption here.

Mexico (Jalisco)

🔒 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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.