Echeveria microcalyx

A highland Echeveria from the volcanic uplands of Puebla and western Veracruz, Mexico, where most records lie around 2400 m near Perote and Pico de Orizaba. It wants strong light, cool nights all year, and a dry winter; summer rain comes with mild, often cloudy days.

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 on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Rocky slopes, lava and outcrops in pine-oak woodland and open highland scrub of the eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Like other highland Echeveria it likely grows in rock crevices in sun or light shade.

Recorded at 145–2804 m, median 2390 m; low-elevation records are probably errors or garden plants.

PueblaVeracruzMexico

🔒 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.