Mazhar Botanic Garden

Echeveria lilacina 'crispate beauty' Kimmmn. & Moran

Mexican Snowball

Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species: lilacina
Cultivar / variety: 'crispate beauty'
Sample code: EGY-MBG-001287
Common name: Mexican Snowball
English name: Ghost Echeveria
Native: Garden origin
Country: Garden origin
(PGR): Rare

Small succulent rosette 15 cm in diameter, fleshy, leaves blue- green or grey green, covered with white waxy powder, slightly ovoid, undulate margins, wavy, crinkled flowers red, 

ornamental. indoor , office , balcony, 

Texture: Sandy Sandy loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: None
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Offsets, leaf cuttings,
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9a : 11b
pH range: 6.0-6.5
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Succulent
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Indoor plant Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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