Aeonium 'Marnier Lapostolle'

Very particular succulent not present in nature, but arrived in the south of France, in the great botanical estate of the Marnier family (hence the name). The parents from which the wonderful hybrid originated are still unknown, even if some common characteristics would suggest Aeonium glutinosum. As typical of the genus, this plant is arranged in a pretty open rosette formed by flat leaves tending to widen and then to end in a slight tip. The epidermis, covered by a slight down, is of a nice pale green shaded of bright red towards the margins and enriched by a characteristic longitudinal red-violaceous line at the center of the leaf, not perfectly clear but almost like a sort of brushstroke. The colors are extremely variable and tend even more towards red-violet when the plant is abundantly exposed to sunlight. To complete this wonderful picture, very slight white ciliated margins give the leaves a greater three-dimensionality and make them stand out, for an overall effect absolutely unique!