Description
Echeveria lutea (Crassulaceae) Indigenous to Mexico. It is an attractive glabrous, acaulescent, species with lovely yellow flowers. It is usually stemless, and has solitary or few clustered rosettes of almost linear, acuminate leaves less than 5 cm long and about 1 cm wide, yellowish-green heavily tinged with reddish-brown. The leaves enrol at the margins, forming a deep hollow in the middle of the leaf on the upper surface with the green lower surface facing up, giving the plant a distinct bi-coloured look. Sowing : Temperature for optimum germination: approx 17°C to 20°C (62 F to 68 F) (Above 20°C the seeds do not germinate!). Locality : Ex Hort. Harvest : June 2019