Echeveria purpusorum

Red Dragon Echeveria

The rosettes of Echeveria purpusorum can reach diameters of up to 8 centimeters. The Red Dragon Echeveria is well recognizable by its red speckled leaf undersides.

Echeveria purpusorum

Description
  1. Popular name(s): Red Dragon Echeveria
  2. Botanical name: Echeveria purpusorum
  3. Family: Crassulaceae
  4. Origin: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla)
  5. Height: The rosettes grow up to 6 centimeters tall and 8 centimeters wide. The flower spike can grow up to 30 centimeters high.
  6. USDA zone: 10 (35.6 °F/2 °C)

Echeveria purpusorum

Echeveria purpusorum

Echeveria purpusorum

Echeveria purpusorum

Plant care
  1. Lighting: Full to part sun, tolerates hot summer sun
  2. Soil: Regular mixes for cacti, half mineral mixes with bird sand, crushed lava gravel, pumice gravel
  3. Watering: Allow to dry between the waterings, avoid waterlogging, water sparingly in winter
  4. Feeding: Liquid fertilizer every 4 to 8 weeks from spring to late summer
  5. Wintering: Cold at -15 °F to 50 °F (5 °C to 10 °C)

Categories: Succulents | Crassulaceae |

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