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Normal growth for echeveria?
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Normal growth for echeveria?


Hi- I'm hoping someone can give me some information on this succulent that I believe is an echeveria black prince. I thought that they were supposed to stay pretty close to the soil or ground, but this one is growing taller and at the same width with what look to be dense and healthy leaves. Is it growing this way because it can't grow any wider than the pot it is in? Or is it something else entirely and I possibly even have the wrong name for this pretty little succulent?

by sdawnrice

6 Comments

  1. sorE_doG

    I just expanded my succulent collection, sorry I can’t answer your questions! It’s a beautiful plant though

  2. LuckystrikeFTW

    It is growing compact so it is growing as intended. Echeveria or other rosette type of plants will always continue to grow out its stem. Therefore as long as there is no visible space between leaves it is normal.

    Also your plant is an Echeveria Dionysos.

  4. EndlessPotatoes

    What’s unusual isn’t that it has grown tall, it’s that the lower leaves are still alive. Usually the lower leaves wither away and the rosette maintains an average number of leaves, but you’ve evidently given it the conditions to maintain those leaves.

    It’s compact, so the height isn’t concerning.

    I’ve found with some of my Echeveria that if I give them just enough light, they’ll maintain a compact form, but grow taller without growing wider, and maintain their leaves if they get plenty of water. Most notably, my Echeveria ‘blue bird’ has grown as a column, but the leaves have remained compact. I kept it in bright shade through winter and Echeveria grow through my winter. My winter is also constant rain, so plenty of water.

    Also this definitely isn’t an Echeveria ‘black prince’, the only similarity between black prince and this is that they’re both Echeverias. I’d say this is looks a lot more like an Echeveria purpusorum.

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