Details about growing and caring for Echeveria secunda
Recommended light & temperature:
Full sun or half shade. It is very resistant to various climates and withstands light frosts.
The lowest temperature (ºC) supported by this cactus is on average: -2
Watering and care:
Moderate in spring - summer and scarce in autumn - winter.
Multiplication:
By seeds, by leaf cuttings or by suckers in spring and summer.
Pests:
Mealybugs and aphids on their flowers mainly, slugs and snails on their leaves.
Best types of soil:
A mixture of universal substrate, perlite and river sand to ensure good drainage.
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Origin:
Mexico. (Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Federal District, Puebla, Taxcala, Querétaro)
Natural Habitat Echeveria secunda:
It is distributed in mountainous spaces on the neo-volcanic axis. Between 2200 and 4200 masl. It tends to form colonies on rocky outcrops and volcanic rock slopes.
Blooms
There are 62 Echeveria secunda in the collections:
