Echeveria colorata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to Mexico.
Description Echeveria colorata is an evergreen perennial succulent, with a rosette of fleshy leaves growing up to in diameter.
Taxonomy Synonym: Echeveria lindsayana Walther 1972
Forms: Echeveria colorata f. brandtii
Cultivars: Echeveria colorata 'Haage' Echeveria colorata 'Mexican Giant'
Hybrids: Echeveria 'Beatrice' Echeveria 'Frank Reinelt' Echeveria 'Laulindsa' Echeveria 'Margaret Martin' × Graptoveria 'Opalina'
Cultivation Echeveria colorata is cultivated as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and as a potted plant.
In cooler temperate regions, it must be kept indoors for the winter, as it does not tolerate temperatures of and below. Optimum growing temperature 23 °C to 25 °C. In Australia the summer temperatures can reach above 40 °C so protection will be required. Either move into a more shaded position or shade cloth covering of 70%.
Etymology Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp. 115, 149
Colorata means 'colored'.
References