Echeveria pinetorum

An Echeveria of the pine and pine-oak forests of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Guatemala, as its name ('of the pines') says. It grows in humid mountains with a long rainy season. It is usually reported growing on rocks and on the trunks and branches of trees, so it handles more humidity and less sun than most Echeveria.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

It grows in montane pine and pine-oak forest, on rocks and moss-covered banks and at times as an epiphyte on tree trunks and branches. Here we treat it as mainly lithophytic, in bright filtered light under an open canopy.

Recorded from 1,519 to 2,650 m, with a median of 2,200 m (10 records).

Mexico SouthwestMexico SoutheastGuatemala

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.