Graptoveria 'Fred Ives' f. variegated (Variegated)

The variegated shape of this succulent presents the typical yellow zones in the exact points where the chlorophyll is absent; such zones will never be identical from one plant to another, thus making each exemplar absolutely unique and, for this reason, very sought after by collectors. It is a specimen not present in nature but created in nursery by Albert Baynes, the founder of the National Cactus & Succulent Society, a wonderful hybrid between 2 species: Graptopetalum paraguayensis and Echeveria gibbiflora. It is a wonderful evergreen plant that while growing produces numerous rosettes large up to 30 cm in diameter. It has robust and pointed leaves, usually of violet-pink color which, with the exposure to the sun or to the dry cold, may get various tonalities: from the bluish-green up to the orange-yellow, from the salmonated up to the bronze. Its summer flowers are pale yellow in color and are sometimes enriched by reddish spots in the center.