Graptopetalum rusbyi(Greene ) Rose
Leather Petals , San Francisco River Leatherpetal
Cotyledon rusbyi , Dudleya rusbyi , Echeveria rusbyi
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Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : SedoideaeTribe : SedeaeSubtribe : SedinaeGenus : Graptopetalum
Graptopetalum rusbyiis a small succulent that organise dense rosette on short , erect stems with ascension , svelte ramification . The stems arm from below the rosettes . The rosette have 10 to 50 leaves and can gain up to 4 inches ( 10 centimeter ) in diam . The leave are sarcoid , rhombic to obovate or oblanceolate , with a poor , slim , flexible point , and can grow up to 2 inches ( 5 curium ) foresighted and 0.6 inch ( 1.5 cm ) wide . They are pallid greenish or reddish to violet .
The flower have a bowl - shaped tube and narrowly triangular , white or greenish petal with 6 to 8 moody red cross - grade insignia , more conspicuous and denser in the upper one-half . They appear in unremarkably straight - top bunch on unsloped husk that can reach up to 7.2 inches ( 18 cm ) magniloquent in previous outpouring .
Graptopetalum rusbyiis aboriginal to theUnited States(Arizona ) andMexico(Sonora , Chihuahua , and Sinaloa ) . It grow on Second Earl of Guilford - exposed shaded slope and drop at altitude of up to 5,250 understructure ( 1,600 m ) .
USDA hardiness zone9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° deoxycytidine monophosphate ) .
The rules forGraptopetalums fear are similar to those for most succulents . All need lots of sunlight to look their good . They ask gritty poriferous grease with excellent drain . Water the plant on a regular basis over the summertime months letting the soil dry out out between watering . Minimal pee is postulate over winter . Overwatering is a suit of antecedent bunkum , and the plant life can get several pest infestations . fecundate once during the growing time of year with a balanced plant food diluted to ¼ strong point .
TheGraptopetalums are by and large easy to broadcast by seeds , leaf press cutting , or offshoot . Any rosette that breaks off has the potential to settle down and start a new plant . Even a leaf that drops off will rout below the parent plant and acquire a new rosette apace . The fresh works fertilize off the leaf until it shrivel up and fall off . By then , the newfangled piffling ghost works had rooted and sprouted raw leaves .
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