Echeveria longissima

Echeveria longissima is a highland species of the Mixteca of northern Oaxaca and southern Puebla, Mexico, recorded between about 1,900 and 2,600 m. It grows on stony igneous slopes in rosette scrub with Agave, Dasylirion and Nolina and in oak woodland, where days are warm, nights cool and winters dry.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels describe rosette scrub (matorral rosetófilo) with Agave, Dasylirion, Furcraea, Hechtia, Nolina and Senecio on stony igneous slopes with black soil, and oak woodland (encinar), sometimes with Agave.

Dated records fall between about 1,890 and 2,580 m (median 2,170 m) on Cerro Pericón, Cerro Yucunino, Cerro Garabatal and near Concepción Buenavista and Tamazulapam.

Mexico (Oaxaca)Mexico (Puebla)

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.