It's flower time, and with it come little leaves on the flower stalk. An offset is also forming as seen in the last photo.
I understand you can propagate from the leaves on the flower stalk. How do you do this and at what stage i.e. now or wait till later when all the flowers are out?
Also, at what time of year would you remove and root the offset, and is there any special treatment needed?
Many thanks
Echeveria purpusorum propagation
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Echeveria purpusorum propagation
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Re: Echeveria purpusorum propagation
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As for rooting the flower stem leaves - they are rather small, and it would take a long time, even if they do root, to make decent sized plants. I reckon a better bet would be to decapitate the plant. The top should root easily enough, and given time, the rooted stalk should throw offsets which will grow rather more quickly due to the large root system.
Going off at a tangent - I'm not convinced that your plant is E. purpusorum. The leaves should be more upright, and more spotty...
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As for rooting the flower stem leaves - they are rather small, and it would take a long time, even if they do root, to make decent sized plants. I reckon a better bet would be to decapitate the plant. The top should root easily enough, and given time, the rooted stalk should throw offsets which will grow rather more quickly due to the large root system.
Going off at a tangent - I'm not convinced that your plant is E. purpusorum. The leaves should be more upright, and more spotty...
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Re: Echeveria purpusorum propagation
I did not think this is Echeveria purpusorum, either. It is more like Echeveria 'Dionysos' a hybrid with another Echeveria species. It seems to be lacking light, which is why the leaves are laying flat. With better light, more sun, it would grow in a more upright manner.
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Re: Echeveria purpusorum propagation
JP always advises that if you are going to use the leaves from the flower stem you take them off early. I have had some success with E lauii using stem leaves although they are prone to desiccating and would put the success rate at around 25%.
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Re: Echeveria purpusorum propagation
This makes sense, presumably remove the leaves as soon as they get to full size.
I've got an E. lauii about to flower from the first time from seed, I'll give it a go. I was thinking as soon as the first couple of flowers are out, I'll get a couple of photos, then attack the flower spike..
This method is often recommended for E. lauii, I guess because it is slow growing, doesn't offset profusely (and lends itself to leaving intact as a speciment plant), and has much larger leaves on the inflorescence than many other Echeverias, including the plant in this thread.
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Re: Echeveria purpusorum propagation
I have often rooted the flower stem leaves from E. lauii, for propagation, but only a proportion usually succeed in rooting down.
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