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Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvy'

Upside-Down Echeveria, Echeveria 'Silver Spoons', Mexican Hen and Chicks, Silver Spoons Echeveria
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ex 9cm pots
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Quick Overview
  • Curious mutant Echeveria
  • Symmetrical upside-down glaucous-green rosettes
  • Orange and pink flowers throughout summer
  • Ideal houseplant in a well-drained substrate and sunny aspect
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Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvy', Upside-Down Echevaria, is a mutational form of Echeveria runyonii whose foliage appears upside down with its convex keeled surface pointing upwards. Echeverias are prone to fasciated and monstrose forms and this oddity has a unique charm all of its own. The leaves are powdery blue-green and the rosettes can grow to 30 cm across. Apart from them being upside-down, the leaves ae longer and thinner than the broad patulate-cuneate foliage of the type species and just how different the two plants are can only be fully apreciated when they are seen side by side. The flowers appear in summer through to autumn and the petals are orange on the inside and pinkish on the outside surface. The flowers can sometimes also appear in contorted shapes.

An easy plant to cultivate, Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvy' requires a fertile but very free-draining substrate and does best in full sun. As with all Echeverias, you need to keep a watchful eye on it for mealybugs but otherwise It makes a perfect houseplant.


Additional Information

Order Saxifragales
Family Crassulaceae
Sub-Family Sempervivoideae
Geographical Origin Horticultural cultivar - type species from Mexico: Tamaulipas
Cultivation Well-drained, gritty, substrate. Full sun. Usually grown as a houseplant in the UK but can spend the summer outdoors. Watch out for snails and mealy bugs
Eventual Height 10cm - to 40cm with the flower stems
Eventual Spread 20-35cm
Hardiness Tender houseplant although suprisingly cold tolerant. Will take brief light frosts if kept dry in a free-draining substrate. Can be experimented with outside in mild regions by growing it in a vertical rock wall and ensuring it has overhanging protection
Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvy'
Upside-Down Echeveria, Echeveria 'Silver Spoons', Mexican Hen and Chicks, Silver Spoons Echeveria
Size
ex 9cm pots
Availability: In stock
£7.99
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