Wrinkled leaves - Echeveria runyonii
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Echeveria Runyonii
Comments (2)Echeveria do well by leaf cuttings. You can also behead the plant, root the cutting, and the stem will produce lots of offsets which you can cut off and root individually. It will live pretty much as long as you can keep it alive. Given good growing conditions, they are easy to get flowers from. You might have a hard time giving it enough light to keep it happy as far north as you are. It really shouldn't have a visible stalk if it is small. The rosette should be right on the surface of the soil. If it there is a stalk, it is a sign of etiolation (lack of light). Old plants will develop a stem, but even then, all the leaves should be stacked right on top of each other. You should not be able to see the stem between leaves....See MoreEcheveria runyonii 'topsy-turvy' with yellow edges
Comments (16)Todd - Theoretically speaking, virus do not cause cancer, but mutation of healthy cells realigning themselves from their original purpose to form a different set/form of cells, eventually forming a tumor is called cancer. Now back to plants, there is definitely a need for more studies on changing effects of chlorophyll in plants and variegation in their cause and effects. A virus do not cause variegation, deformity in the genome code from the meristem produces that, which is why many have reported than propagation from seeds and leaves from mother variegated plants do not produce offsprings with similar variegated results. It is only through propagation from offsets growth, stem cuttings or cloning, then similar results can be achieved. Having said that, there are multitude of variegation in effect, some are permanent, some are unstable(which could lead to white plants and death), some are not (see deciduous trees, or stress colors to foilage in certain succulent plants to temperature ie Echeveria Chroma). There is no origin studies on why variegation happens to plants or why some plants colors become permanent, except that there are mutation and damages to the meristem genome coding. The variegated plants we enjoy today are often results of multiple cloning process of stable variegated cultivars in the commercial world, in which hence, you get to enjoy plants of similar variegated colors in uniformity. As with Maragret here, I personally do not think the plant is sick, but I would say stress. Figuratively, time will tell if it's a seasonal stress coloration, or the plant will recognize the coloration to become permanent. Kwie - Like I mentioned above, there can be many conditions that could induce such growth. Temperature, culture or light and the list goes on.. So you cannot compare your plants with the commercially registered vairegated plants of the same species. Time will tell what is actually happening to your plant. Keep us updated though!...See MoreEcheveria leaves wrinkling and bottom ones wilting?
Comments (7)It’s too soon to gauge whether the plant has enough light or not, but if you’re watering once a week indoors in winter with suspect lighting during the off-season, you’re likely drowning your plant. Watering it once every 3-4 week’s indoors over the cold season is not uncommon. :) The ailing leaves don’t usually propagate well. I find they normally sit there and begin melting to crap. Normally, I propagate leaves that I accidentally knock off or fall off, or if/when the plant gets etiolated, you can take a cutting or a healthy leaf to propagate a new plant. As a rule, indoors, it’s almost inconceivable to give your succulent too much sun. I know nothing about plant lights but many in the forum use it, so someone will definitely help you with that. There are also some good threads you can look up....See MoreMy mutating E. runyonii
Comments (10)Rina, Yes, it seems this species is very unstable. I don't like the way it is going, LOL, as I already got 'Topsy Turvy'. I love the way it was the first couple of years, then it started to slowly producing elongated leaves, and not as rounded as before, and not as uniform looking. GCSolution, The leaves are firm. It is just that I tried to photograph it last evening at dusk, and I took it inside near a window to take a shot of it looking down. The color of the leaves in the first photo is about the same as the one in the third photo which was taken outside earlier on....See Moredjrdjdd
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