Echeveria

Look at their bloooms! 😍 yellow with blushing colors ❤ #echeveriaminima #echeveriablooms #echeveriablooms-minima #nofilter #succlyf

Pulled apart this cluster a few days ago 😍 #nofilter #succlyf

Very nice E. Minim Cluster! 😍

@Yollymac I thought it was minima but google popped up conflicting pictures. I was a little sad when I pulled some heads off, but I didn't like not being able to see underneath bc of mealybugs. There was 9 full grown heads and 3 new growing heads 😍

It is minima. There are two forms. I have the Korean, you have the ICN version.

http://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel?akID=48&aaID=2&aiID=M&aID=1446

I have been looking for this form here but it seems hard to find. They pup well, don’t they.. 💗 What are you using for the mealy?

Thank you @Yollymac ! 😍 what is ICN?

It’s the International Crassulaceae Network. Currently, it’s the one of the if not the most reliable source for identification. 🤩

@Yollymac I actually never saw it locally, I got it when my SO and I went to San Franciso a month ago 😊 and yes, I bought it as a cluster and when I was pulling it apart I saw 3 new growing heads underneath all the detritus. I'm currently using an insecticidal soap for mealies, aphids and fungus, bc now that my collection has grown, I found it to be really convenient and easy to use (I used to mix my own dishsoap+alcohol+water, but it lost its effectivity after a few days bc the alcohol evapora

Well, I am in Australia so it’s a whole different game to get plants here. I have also had a ridiculous infestation here. I managed to save all, but some were a bit damaged. I had to go to pesticide also because they are such persistent little suckers! 😱

@Yollymac Omg they are so gross and frustrating to deal with, so I currently have some flare ups happening in a few plants. My debbie is forever deformed, new leaves are wonky. Also I thought there was a natural predator for mealies native to australia? They're like black ladybugs, look up Summer Rayne Oakes' pest control video from like a year ago, I forget what they're called.

@Nicole.. I will have a search for it. The ants don’t help either as they carry them from plant to plant and protect them since they eat the powdery substance the bugs leave.