Echeveria Calderoniae
Echeveria 'Calderoniae'
http://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel?akID=48&aaID=2&aiID=C&aID=1134 Series Secundae Type : Carranza & Perez-Calix 3164, collected south of Santa Barbara, Mun. Ocampo. Etymology : For Graciela Calderón de Rzedowski, Mexican botanist and wife of Jerzy Rzedowski. Distribution : Mexico (Guanajuato : only known from type locality Mun. Ocampo). First Description by Pérez-Calix in Acta Botánica Mexicana 38: 9. 1997 : Perennial plant, glabrous, acaulescent or with a short stem covered by withered leaves, often developing rhizomes, single or caespitose. Leaves 20 - 30, arranged in a rosette of 12 cm in diameter, fleshy, semiterete, upper surface flat or slightly channeled, usually with a slight ridge near the base, below convex, linear or acinaciform, lanceolate or narrowly oblong in outline, green, reddish when old, 2 - 6 cm long and 5 - 9 mm wide in the middle and 2 - 4 mm thick, apex acute with a faint reddish mucro. Inflorescences 1 - 3 per rosette, with a one-sided raceme, with 1 - 20 flowers each, 6 - 12 cm long (incl. peduncle), peduncle 1 - 2 mm thick at the base, bracts alternate, appressed, lanceolate, 10 - 15 mm long and 2 - 3 mm wide, green, later reddish-orange, apex acuminate, base spurred, deciduous, the first flower 1.5 - 4 cm from the base of the peduncle, pedicels 3 - 9 mm long and 1 - 2 mm thick. Flowers : Sepals not united at the base, linear, narrowly oblong to lanceolate, semiterete in section, subequal, the biggest 7 - 10 mm long and 1 - 2 mm wide, the smallest 3.5 - 8 mm long and 1 - 2 mm wide, corolla tubular to slightly urceolate, ca 8 - 12 mm long, petals fused at the base, forming a tube 4 mm or less long, apex spreading to slightly reflexed, colour outside orange or red, at the tips and inside yellow.
Contributed by @gardentagssucculentexpert
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Echeveria 'Calderoniae'
Latin name
Echeveria Calderoniae
type
Succulent
family
Crassulaceae
ph
5.5 - 6.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.20 M
0.30 M
Echeveria Calderoniae
http://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel?akID=48&aaID=2&aiID=C&aID=1134 Series Secundae Type : Carranza & Perez-Calix 3164, collected south of Santa Barbara, Mun. Ocampo. Etymology : For Graciela Calderón de Rzedowski, Mexican botanist and wife of Jerzy Rzedowski. Distribution : Mexico (Guanajuato : only known from type locality Mun. Ocampo). First Description by Pérez-Calix in Acta Botánica Mexicana 38: 9. 1997 : Perennial plant, glabrous, acaulescent or with a short stem covered by withered leaves, often developing rhizomes, single or caespitose. Leaves 20 - 30, arranged in a rosette of 12 cm in diameter, fleshy, semiterete, upper surface flat or slightly channeled, usually with a slight ridge near the base, below convex, linear or acinaciform, lanceolate or narrowly oblong in outline, green, reddish when old, 2 - 6 cm long and 5 - 9 mm wide in the middle and 2 - 4 mm thick, apex acute with a faint reddish mucro. Inflorescences 1 - 3 per rosette, with a one-sided raceme, with 1 - 20 flowers each, 6 - 12 cm long (incl. peduncle), peduncle 1 - 2 mm thick at the base, bracts alternate, appressed, lanceolate, 10 - 15 mm long and 2 - 3 mm wide, green, later reddish-orange, apex acuminate, base spurred, deciduous, the first flower 1.5 - 4 cm from the base of the peduncle, pedicels 3 - 9 mm long and 1 - 2 mm thick. Flowers : Sepals not united at the base, linear, narrowly oblong to lanceolate, semiterete in section, subequal, the biggest 7 - 10 mm long and 1 - 2 mm wide, the smallest 3.5 - 8 mm long and 1 - 2 mm wide, corolla tubular to slightly urceolate, ca 8 - 12 mm long, petals fused at the base, forming a tube 4 mm or less long, apex spreading to slightly reflexed, colour outside orange or red, at the tips and inside yellow.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Echeveria can be propagated easily by separating pups, but also by leaf cuttings, and by seed. It needs a warm, sunny position with well drained soil to develop their foliage colour. It is recommended to position plants in an area where they are in part shade. This means that they should be in morning sun, or afternoon sun, or both (but shaded during the harsh midday period). Alternatively, plants may be grown under full filtered sun underneath shade cloth which is usually stocked by your local hardware store. 50% filtration is recommended to avoid sunburn but maintain great colour. You may need to test what works well in your particular climate. Most succulents will be grown in containers and pots and they will need good drainage medium. Add coarse grit such as perlite or pumice to soil and repot every year in late-spring. Don't worry about damaging the roots when re-potting as most Echeveria generally tolerate disturbance well.
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Echeveria could flower a number of times through the year. Flowering can use much of the plant’s energy, therefore it’s recommended that flower stalks are removed from sick or weaker plants until they are well established. If your plant is healthy, enjoy it’s beautiful show of blooms. Flowers on short stalks (cymes) arise from compact rosettes of succulent's fleshy, often brightly coloured leaves. Species are polycarpic, meaning that they may flower and set seed many times over the course of their lifetimes and indeed a number of times per year.
Propagating
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Pluck a leaf gently from the stem taking care not to damage the leaf. It should have a u-shape if plucked correctly. Leave the leaf for a few days to callous over. Once this has happened, place the leaf on top of your propagation medium of choice with the u-shaped end downward, rest the leaf on a bamboo stick or similar at a 45 degree angle to the propagation medium. Propagation is best done in indirect light, not in direct sunlight. Alternatively, a grow light can be used. Roots should sprout in two to four weeks, followed by new tiny leaves. At this point, depending on the humidity and rainfall in your area, you may mist or lightly water your leaves as the plant grows. Resist the urge to remove the mother leaf once it becomes dried up and shrivelled. It’s best for this process to occur naturally.
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