The crested shape of this beautiful succulent presents a typical fan shape, which makes each specimen unique and never equal to the others, for this reason particularly sought after by collectors. In its normal form it is unusually a specimen of spontaneous cultivar, a probable cross coming from E. pinwheel and therefore constituted, as evidenced by the name of the parent, by a rosette of pleasantly symmetrical and roundish shape, like a pinwheel when viewed from above. The foliage, unlike the plant of origin, takes an absolutely original shape: the leaves are long and lanceolate, rather fleshy and tend to the apex to bend upwards and on themselves with a small final tip. The epidermis is of a pleasant greyish-glaucous, but tends to take on greener tones and shades of pink when it is abundantly exposed to sunlight.