Graptopetalum pentandrumMoran
Five - stamen Graptopetalum
house : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : SedoideaeTribe : SedeaeSubtribe : SedinaeGenus : Graptopetalum
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This species is native toMexico . It grows on shady rock drop in Michoacán at 3,940 metrical unit ( 1,200 m ) above sea level . Graptopetalum pentandrumwas described by Reid Moran in 1971 from cloth obtained by Myron Kimnach and Fred Boutin purchased in January 1970 at a nursery in Guadalajara in Jalisco from unknown provenance . In May 1973 , Alfred B. Lau found the first wild universe at El Salto , a waterfall 4 kilometre northwards of Aguililla in Michoacan .
Graptopetalum pentandrumis a succulent shrublet that spring rosette of fleshy , point leaves at the ends of dull green , strongly woody stems branch principally from the fundament . The rosettes are up to 3.2 inches ( 8 centimeter ) in diam . theme are vertical at first , later slenderly recumbent , up to 6 inches ( 15 cm ) long and 0.25 inches ( 0.6 cm ) in diameter . Leaves are bluish - fleeceable , becoming yellowish - Zane Grey , and primarily with a lavender hue . They are up to 2.2 inches ( 5.5 centimetre ) long and 0.8 inches ( 2 cm ) astray .
heyday are star - shaped , 5 - merous , and have yellowish - white petals , basally with dark red marking and the upper half almost altogether dark crimson . They come along in thyrses with 3 to 4 lithesome , spreading , round-eyed or scorpioid offshoot with 7 to 10 prime each from recent winter to early outpouring .
The specific epithet " pentandrum(pen - TAN - drum ) " mean " five stamens " and refers to the flowers having only five stamen in clear contrast to the ten stamen of the others mintage of the genusGraptopetalum .
USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
The rules forGraptopetalumcare are similar to those for most succulents . All require lots of sunlight to front their good . They require gritty , poroussoilwith excellent drainage . Waterregularly over summertime , letting the soil dry out out between watering . Minimal water is required over wintertime . Overwateringis a case of root rots , and the plant can get several pest infestations . Fertilizeonce during the growing season with a balanced fertiliser diluted to 1/4 force .
Graptopetalums are generally easily propagate by seeds , foliage cuttings , or offsets . Any rosette that breaks off can root and start a new flora . Even a leaf that drops off will quickly root below the parent plant and bring forth a new rosette . The new plant prey off the leaf until it wither and fall off . By then , the novel small plant life had rooted and pullulate new leaves .
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