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Echeveria secunda

Glaucous echeveria

A clump-forming, blue-grey rosette succulent from the high mountains of central Mexico, growing on rocks and in grassland from about 1,900 m up to over 4,000 m on the volcanoes. It is one of the most cold-tolerant echeverias and wants full sun, cool nights, a wet summer and a dry winter. It is widely grown and naturalised elsewhere.

Echeveria secunda
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 grows on rocky outcrops and ledges in pine and oak–pine forest, in fir–cypress–oak transition forest, and in high mountain grassland (zacatonal) and alpine meadow near the tree line.

Specimens range from about 1,900 m (Querétaro) to 4,050 m (Iztaccíhuatl, Tláloc and Telapón), mostly above 2,600 m.

Mexico (central highlands: Hidalgo, México, Mexico City, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Michoacán, Veracruz)

🔒 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.