Echeveria laui
A slow-growing, stemless Echeveria with thick, rounded leaves coated in a heavy white to pinkish bloom, known only from a small area of the Río Salado canyon near Quiotepec, Tecomavaca and Cuicatlán in Oaxaca, Mexico. It comes from a hot, semi-arid valley, so it wants strong light, sharp drainage and careful watering, and the bloom should never be handled or wetted from above.
Where it grows wild
The type was collected in a side ravine of the Río Salado near Quiotepec, in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán valley, a hot, dry region of thorn scrub and columnar cacti. Plants grow on rocky slopes and ravine walls; the type label notes a north-facing aspect, which gives some relief from the hottest sun.
The type locality is labelled at about 610 m in the Río Salado canyon; one duplicate gives 2,174 m, which does not fit the canyon floor and is probably an error.
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