Echeveria tolimanensis
Echeveria tolimanensis
Echeveria tolimanensis quick care tips
Watering
Watering
Echeveria tolimanensis is a drought-tolerant succulent variety, so watering around once per week in the peak growing season is advised. Ensure the soil dries between waterings. It is also advised to completely stop watering when conditions are frosty, keeping the plant dry for several months at a time.
Feeding
Feeding
Echeveria tolimanensis likes to be fed to bring out its best forms and colours. We recommend feeding with a liquid seaweed feed every 2 weeks in the main growing season from April to September. A feed we recommend is the one from our friends at LittleGreenSeaweed.
Ideal soil
Ideal soil
Echeveria tolimanensis needs free draining soil to thrive. We recommend a mixture of 1/3 John Innes no.2, 1/3 perlite and 1/3 coconut coir. The soil mix we offer here is similar in composition to this. Adding extra grit may be useful to add even more drainage for these desert-dwellers.
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Echeveria tolimanensis
Echeveria tolimanensis is a rare species from Mexico, named for its locality in Barranca de Tolimán.
This species is sometimes mistaken as a Pachyphytum due to its larger, fleshy leaves. It consists of a structural and tight rosette with beautiful growth markings on a pale-pink leaf, the leaf tips feature almost agavoides type spikes. Once mature, the lower leaves will grow long and point upwards, making it a very fierce-looking plant. This variety blooms in spring and will throw off an abundance of bell-shaped flowers of pink and yellow colouring.
A great feature plant, especially when mature.
Difficulty
BeginnerFeatured Colour
Green and OrangeGrowth Form
Singular rosetteGrowth Rate
ModerateMinimum Temperature
0°CMaximum Height & Spread
20 cm x 20 cmIdeal Environment for Echeveria tolimanensis
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Size Guide
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