I have a few noid Echeveria that I would like to id if at all possible. The usual thing, bought from places like Wilko in those blister packs for a few pennies.
Number 1;
It is about 15cm in diameter and mature leaves are 4 to 5cm in length. When I bought it last July it was about 6 or 7cm across so it grows like beejayzus. Outdoors on staging against the house wall with overhead protection to keep it dry. It has a light powdery bloom on the foliage............... Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr
Number 2;
A small Echeveria that is very much like E.purpurosum in all but colour and attempting to produce more flower stems than E.purpurosum ever has for me (I lost three stems on this noid in the March cold snap). It was overwintered in the unheated greenhouse. Bought in the autumn of last year it hasn't been repotted yet and is just 7cm across with (thick) leaves of just 15mm.................... Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr
KeithG wrote:Whilst I have your ears could I ask another (unrelated) question - are Lewisia classed as succulents?
Yes, and for BCSS Show purposes they are included in the Anacampseros Group.
Tony Roberts
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Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
I suspect both are hybrids. The first has leaves a similar shape to E lilacina and flowers a little like E cante flowers in shape and colour. The second has E purpusorum in it, without doubt, but I am dubious whether it is a pure species, as it looks too pale and I have one or two hybrids of E purpusorum that are pale.
Unfortunately, there are hundreds of hybrids with proper names and probably as many again that are chance hybrids. They may have hybrid names but I could not tell you them.
Obsessive Crassulaceae lover, especially Aeoniums but also grow, Aloes, Agaves, Haworthias and a select number of Cacti.
Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr
Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr
Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr
Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr
