Echeveria cante

For the discussion of topics related to the conservation, cultivation, propagation and exhibition of cacti & other succulents.
Forum rules
For the discussion of topics related to the conservation, cultivation, propagation, exhibition & science of cacti & other succulents only.

Please respect all forum members opinions and if you can't make a civil reply, don't reply!
KeithG
Registered Guest
Posts: 124
https://www.behance.net/kuchnie-warszawa
Joined: 27 Dec 2017
Branch: None
Country: UK

Echeveria cante

Post by KeithG »

I know that Echeveria cante is not rare but it is stunningly beautiful. As mine has just started to bloom I thought that I would start a tread off for it.............
ImageEcheveria cante by longk48, on Flickr

ImageEcheveria cante by longk48, on Flickr

The whole plant with my size 9 in there for scale.............
ImageEcheveria cante by longk48, on Flickr
User avatar
Diane
BCSS Member
Posts: 5574
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
Branch: None
Country: UK
Role within the BCSS: Member

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by Diane »

You have a stunning plant there, Keith, it's one of my favourites, and not easy to keep in pristine condition. Well done!
Diane - member of Kingston branch

Growing cacti - balm to the soul!
User avatar
rodsmith
BCSS Member
Posts: 3189
Joined: 17 Feb 2011
Branch: STOKE-ON-TRENT
Country: UK
Location: Staffordshire, UK

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by rodsmith »

One of my favourite echeverias, too, but you have to keep fingers off the leaves.
Rod Smith

Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.
User avatar
MikeT
BCSS Member
Posts: 1984
Joined: 11 Jan 2007
Branch: SHEFFIELD
Country: UK
Role within the BCSS: Branch Treasurer
Location: Sheffield

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by MikeT »

A beautiful plant. Do you give it any special treatment in winter? I struggle to get cante through the winter. By the end of winter it looks a bit unhappy and instead of picking up it gives up once the weather gets warmer. It dries up rather than rots. Does it need more than just frost protection? Or some water in winter? It's such a beauty, I'm bound to try again if I see one for sale - despite previous experience.
Mike T

Sheffield Branch
BCSS member26525
Liz M
BCSS Member
Posts: 3018
Joined: 22 Dec 2007
Branch: MACCLESFIELD & EAST CHESHIRE
Country: United Kingdom
Role within the BCSS: Trustee
Location: The North West of England
Contact:

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by Liz M »

I have a couple of Echeveria cante and would echo all the comments here about its beauty and the stunning nature of the flowers. I also have Echeveria 'Domingo' and Echeveria 'Afterglow', both hybrids of E cante. They both have flowers with a marked similarity to E cante and I am fortunate that both have flowered for me. E 'Afterglow' flowered last year and seems to have clumped up in an amazing fashion.
Echeveria 'Afterglow' now
Echeveria 'Afterglow' now
Echeveria 'Domingo' flowers profusely every year and every year seems to outdo itself.
Echeveria 'Domingo'
Echeveria 'Domingo'

I have also come across a comment, here, that Echeveria cante is a tough little plant; not in the UK it is not. I find it tricky over winter, and put it in my enclosed porch and don't water it. It shrinks a lot but comes back to life once spring arrives and I start to water it, gently at first, as with most things. After that it needs plenty of water and looks awful if it dries out too much.
For some reason Echeveria 'Afterglow' is here twice. I only put it on once, so don't know how it got there.

(edit - Tony R removed duplicate picture)
Obsessive Crassulaceae lover, especially Aeoniums but also grow, Aloes, Agaves, Haworthias and a select number of Cacti.
Liz M
BCSS Member
Posts: 3018
Joined: 22 Dec 2007
Branch: MACCLESFIELD & EAST CHESHIRE
Country: United Kingdom
Role within the BCSS: Trustee
Location: The North West of England
Contact:

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by Liz M »

I would also add, that one E cante was bought as a normal plant and one as a Tissue Culture plant, the first is fine but the latter, always seems to have brownish marks on it and at times is a very odd shape. I lost a Tissue Culture one once and have come to the conclusion that they are not reliably strong plants.
Obsessive Crassulaceae lover, especially Aeoniums but also grow, Aloes, Agaves, Haworthias and a select number of Cacti.
User avatar
MikeT
BCSS Member
Posts: 1984
Joined: 11 Jan 2007
Branch: SHEFFIELD
Country: UK
Role within the BCSS: Branch Treasurer
Location: Sheffield

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by MikeT »

Liz M wrote: I also have Echeveria 'Domingo' and Echeveria 'Afterglow', both hybrids of E cante.
The Schulz/Kapitany book Echeveria cultivars describes both of these as E. subrigida hybrids - though does say (page 46) "We believe that this species [E. cante] was used in nearly all cases where E. subrigida is cited as parent." 'Domingo' flowers do look much more like cante flowers than subrigida flowers, judging by photos of these two species.

I find 'Domingo' straightforward to grow, unlike E. cante. The flower stalk leaves on 'Domingo' root easily to propagate new plants, which is said not to be the case with E. cante (I've never kept cante alive long enough to see it flower).
Mike T

Sheffield Branch
BCSS member26525
KeithG
Registered Guest
Posts: 124
Joined: 27 Dec 2017
Branch: None
Country: UK

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by KeithG »

Thank you all for your comments (tu)

It lives in an unheated greenhouse all year. In the winter I have a very large tupperware tub where it goes when it gets arctic, maybe with bubble wrap over it as well as I did during the 'beast from the east'. As said by another poster, I gradually introduce water from the bottom in the spring and this year I spoilt it with a repot (so I need a biiger tube for the winter, maybe an old fishtank?). The biggest risk to the foliage bloom (is there a better/more accurate word or phrase for it?) comes from slugs and condensation drips. Basically, I find it tougher than E.purposorum which I can only overwinter in my enclosed porch.
KeithG
Registered Guest
Posts: 124
Joined: 27 Dec 2017
Branch: None
Country: UK

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by KeithG »

It's probably a bit late in the season for them to come to anything but there are two new flower spikes emerging............
DSC_0766.JPG
hutty
BCSS Member
Posts: 12
Joined: 16 Jun 2011
Branch: SHEFFIELD
Country: uk
Role within the BCSS: Member

Re: Echeveria cante

Post by hutty »

Echeveria subrigida
Echeveria subrigida
Echeveria subrigida.
Easy to grow, flowers almost continuously and one of the few plants my wife will let me have in the house.
Post Reply