There is this Polish online shop with a bunch of nice cacti and other succulents on sale. I keep lurking there checking what they have. This Echeveria caught my eye a while ago, but they do not send abroad so all I had left is lurking. I have never seen it in stationary shops..... until about 2 or 3 weeks ago :)
Echeveria Setosa var. Deminuta
And not just one little rosette like we can get pretty often, but a whole pot of them! All tucked together.
It is not a very big plant, not like other echeverias that grow their rosetted to a lettuce size. But it does produce ofshoots eagerly and fills up the pot this way instead.
A regular setosa is seem very similar to my hairy pilosa where the leaves are fully covered in tiny fur. Deminuta (also found under name rundelli) seem to have hair just on the tips of the leaves, like Lynx cats :P which I find freaking adorable.
Looking at the photos in google I see the leaves on some shots are nice and pink. I suppose I will have to wait until winter to see that as this is probably due to lower temperatures. Many Echeverias and crosses change colours depending on temperature or sun exposure. It is always a nice feature.
My one - as it was grown in perfectly mild conditions in a nursery is this perfect light green for now.
I bought it already with the dried up flowers, but at least I could see how it blooms and the colours. The fiery red and yellow is really nice.
The stems are already gone and it is just waiting to be repotted. I need to remove all the turf or whatever it is planted in and put it in a proper succulent mix (which is almost the same as my cactus mix). For the past days it has been slowly adjusting to the balcony light so after it is in a new pot it will join the rest of the plants.
And while at it, I will remove a few leaves and drop them in a community pot to see if this one propagated this way. Some Echeverias are very stubborn, some grow new plantlets in a bling of an eye. I'm just curious to know which one this is.
Yes I know it is a lot of flower shots, but they very photogenic and I couldn't stop.
You can see the little leaves around the buds also have little hair. Also the flowers stems are covered in them.
Here she is is. In all her furry glory.
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.