Echeveria perezcalixii

An Echeveria from western Mexico, named for the Mexican Crassulaceae botanist Emmanuel Pérez-Calix and described in 2010. It is known from just three records around the Jalisco–Nayarit–Zacatecas borderlands. It has a warm, bright climate with a strong dry spring and summer rains.

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

It is recorded in the southern Sierra Madre Occidental, where barrancas and rocky slopes support oak and pine-oak woodland. The details of its microhabitat come from the genus, not the species description.

The measured sites are at 1,717 m and 1,972 m. Few records carry an elevation.

Mexico NortheastMexico Southwest

🔒 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.