This is my largest and one of the oldest Echeverias. I remember I got it in a regular supermarket in a small pot and it was growing and growing and producing little offshoots and the pots I was putting it in were getting too small way too fast. I gave away few of the babies away, but I like how they all grow together and will not put them all in separate pots. I prefer to have one big with a nice bunch in it (also it takes less space).
Echeveria Agavoides
It usually blooms few times a hear with multiple stems. Now that the smaller rosettes also are old enough to that it starts to look better and better.
The flowers are not very big, but they are quite adorable with the lighter, flipped tips and slim shape. Sometimes I see some bees flying around them, so I guess they have some tasty nectar too.
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Unlike most of the Echeverias I have this one has very glossy, smooth, thick and stiff leaves with a sharp, pointy tip. It almost look like Aloe, though it is not.
It can also handle heat and direct sun better than some other ones and it i standing in one of the hottest spots on my balcony.
The worst thing s to overwater it. I did not manage to rot it (yet), but I it does get dark spots on the leaves when it gets too much moisture for longer periods of time. Usually it happens in the late fall and winter as it catches all the rains. This is the time I have to make sure the pots do not stand in water.
With stress (heat or lack of water) the leaves close and get this reddish colour. There is another type of Agavoides that constantly has very dark red leaves.
As soon as I see one... :p
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This is the whole plant. See how the pups almost fall out of the pot?
Also tons of dry leaves that was not removing. It is a normal thing for the old ones to die, but it is also a perfect place for bugs to hide and not necessary the good bugs. The should be removed to prevent that and I was not doing it for a long time. It desperately needs repotting and cleaning...
And now the little pests spotlight. I did tell you, that you'll see them again and again :p
It almost managed to bloom here :)
Update:
The photos above I took few days ago. Since then I was cleaning all that had to be cleaned on the balcony and reporting most of the succulents and some Cymbidium orchids (the job is still not fully done - cacti are next; I should have it done few months ago before they start growing flower buds), this one finally got some TLC too.
I cut off the flower stems as they were fading already anyway, cleaned all the dry leaves, old roots and removed the little invaders. The babies were still attached the mother plant, but all have their own roots already.
I did not take photos of the process - dirty hands and soil everywhere just do not come in pair with a camera :p
Now it has a new, large pot where the main rosette and the 5 little pups have enough room to grow for the next few years I hope. Soon it should fill up the a bit more so it will not look so naked.
I used a large clay pot here as I noticed that echeverias are doing quite on in them, as long as they are big enough not too dry too fast and heat up too much in the summer.
Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
You and I need to have a house with a big
land!!!
Beautiful pictures!
And a big green house! :D
Thank you!
I'm afraid that after a while you and I will need a second plot of land! 🤣
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lovely clover , i used to have those in my garden
Not anymore?
no not this garden since we moved in 2017 ;) it was the garden at my old place with al the poppies
I love seeing your updates on your plants, they look great, and how much work you have to do to keep them well, that water thing is the secret to keeping them well and healthy always
Beautiful photographs, I appreciate that you have shared with us
Have a happy start to the weekHello dear friend @ewkaw good afternoon
Thank you :)
That is a spectacular plant! It must be hard to cut off the flower stalks when they fade, they are such beautiful flowers. They look very happy in their new home.
I normally wait until they fade. But I wanted to clean the plant already and I would break the stalks anyway. She will bloom again this year. Always does :)
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The echeveria flowers are almost all the same, sometimes I think about removing them all because despite my efforts I have not been able to germinate their seeds, succulents are the opposite of what I can do with cacti and that frustrates me sometimes, very nice photos and your plants are perfect.
Yea They are. All the very similar shape. I still like them, but they are definitely not why I grow them. It's the plant itself.
I did manage once to germinate some. But I generally do not pick their seeds. And the ones I would actually bother o not produce any :D
Thank you!
Oops. Now I am thinking does it apply also to Ruby Blush? The big plant doesn't have those reddish peaks, but the smaller ones yes.
Hmm.. It probably does to some extent. It naturally has the red colour even without the stress. But why the little ones are more red than the grownup?
Kids... :p
By the way. My Ruby Blush is starting to grow a tiny little side branch :D Yay!
I really find this plant Echeverias exotic, I had not seen it before, it is very beautiful. Good thing you got a bigger pot to put it in, it will soon be full of beautiful Echeverias with your care and your knowledge of providing only the necessary water.
Thank you! Maybe it is more common in my par of the world. It is often sold in regular supermarket.
Uhm, yes, it is possible that on the side of the earth I inhabit it is not common to see it, or maybe I have not paid enough attention. I don't usually take care of plants but I find them beautiful, my mother does and I enjoy watching them bloom, she has a great variety and that one has never been in her garden. I'm glad I got to know her at least from a photograph.
very attractive flowers. this is very good photography.
Thank you!