How to Clean Dusty Gemshorn Leaves and Variety Pictures

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Gemshorn grows to be very beautiful, it is just a little cutie. When an ordinary plant's leaves get dirty, you just rinse them with water, but Gemshorn's leaves fall right off when rinsed with water. So how should you clean Gemshorn leaves when they have dust? What kinds of Gemshorn are there? Let's take a look together:

How do you clean Gemshorn leaves when they have dust?

When Gemshorn leaves have dust, you can only gently wipe them with a cloth. If you want Gemshorn to stay short, you need to pinch off the Gemshorn and stick it into the soil, and then it will not grow tall.

Gemshorn varieties and pictures:

One: Echeveria secunda var. glauca

1. Basic information: Echeveria secunda var. glauca (scientific name: Echeveria secunda var. glauca), also known as stone lotus, Gemshorn, stone lotus palm, lotus palm, eight-treasure palm. It is a perennial succulent herb or subshrub, with a plant height of up to 60 cm and a diameter of up to 20 cm. The leaves are alternate, arranged in a rosette on a shortened stem, obovate-spoon-shaped, light green, fleshy, with a white powder coating on the surface. The uniparous cyme is axillary; the small flowers are bell-shaped, with 5 lobes at the tip, ochre-red, with yellow tips. Fruit. It is native to Hidalgo, Mexico, and is now one of the common succulent plants in Chinese living rooms.

2. Morphological characteristics: The plant has a short stem and easily sprouts from the base. The tip of the stolon has a small rosette leaf cluster, which roots as soon as it touches soil and becomes a new plant. Therefore, Echeveria secunda var. glauca grown in the ground for many years often grows in patches. The fleshy leaves are arranged in a standard rosette shape. The leaves are short spoon-shaped, slightly upright, rounded at the tip with a small point, and slightly curved inward, making the whole plant somewhat funnel-shaped. The leaf color is light green or blue-green, somewhat thin in texture, covered with a white powder or waxy layer. The raceme is curved in a scorpion-tail shape, and the uniparous cyme is axillary; the small flowers are bell-shaped, with 5 lobes at the tip, ochre-red, with yellow tips. Fruit. The flowering period is June to August.

Two: Echeveria chihuahuaensis

1. Basic information: Echeveria chihuahuaensis, Crassulaceae Echeveria, alias: Chihuahua (because it is often confused with the dog, in most cases it is only called Echeveria chihuahuaensis). It is native to Chihuahua, Mexico, and grows on slopes with good air circulation and sufficient sunlight. Echeveria chihuahuaensis is a small plant, and the stemless rosette leaf disc is very compact. The ovate leaves are relatively thick, with small points, blue-green and covered with a thick white powder, and the leaf margins are a beautiful deep pink. The inflorescence is curved at the tip, bell-shaped, red. Cultivation is not too difficult, but it cannot be given too much water in summer. The red leaf tips are especially beautiful, making it a very ornamental succulent plant.

2. Morphological characteristics: The plant is small, and the stemless rosette leaf disc is very compact. The ovate leaves are relatively thick, with small points, 4 cm long and 2 cm wide. Blue-green to gray-green, light green, and covered with a thick white powder. When sunlight is sufficient, the small points at the tips are a beautiful rose-red or deep pink. The inflorescence is 20 cm high, curved at the tip, and the small flowers are about 1 cm long, bell-shaped, red.

Three: Snow Lotus

1. Basic information: Snow Lotus (scientific name: Saussurea involucrata) mainly refers to succulent plants of the Asteraceae Saussurea genus, also known as Xinjiang snow lotus, Tianshan snow lotus, and in Tibetan called Qiagu Suba. It is a perennial herb of the Asteraceae family. It is 15-35 cm tall. The people of the Xinjiang and Tibet regions call it Karlaili. It is not only a rare exotic flower and herb, but besides its ornamental value, it is also a world-famous rare Uyghur medicine and Tibetan medicine.

2. Morphological characteristics: Perennial herb, 15-35 cm tall. The rhizome is thick, and the neck is covered with many brown leaf remnants. The stem is stout, 2-3 cm in diameter at the base, hairless. The leaves are dense; the basal leaves and stem leaves are sessile, and the leaf blades are elliptical or ovate-elliptical, up to 14 cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide, with obtuse or acute tips, decurrent at the base, with sharp teeth on the margins, hairless on both sides; the uppermost leaves are bract-like, membranous, pale yellow, broadly ovate, 5.5-7 cm long and 2-7 cm wide, surrounding the capitulum, with sharp teeth on the margins. There are 10-20 capitula, densely clustered at the top of the stem into a spherical compound inflorescence, without pedicels or with short pedicels. The involucre is hemispherical, 1 cm in diameter; the involucral bracts are in 3-4 layers, with purple-brown margins or entirely purple-brown, acute at the tip, the outer layer sparsely covered with long soft hairs, the outer layer oblong, 1.1 cm long and 5 mm wide, the middle and inner layers lanceolate, 1.5-1.8 cm long and 2 mm wide. The small flowers are purple, 1.6 cm long, the tube 7 mm long, and the limb 9 mm long. The achene is oblong, 3 mm long. The pappus is dirty white, in 2 layers, the outer layer small, bristle-like, 3 mm long, the inner layer long, feathery, 1.5 cm long. The flowering and fruiting period is July to September.

Four: Echeveria purpusorum

1. Basic information: "Echeveria purpusorum" (Echeveria pur-pusorum) is a succulent plant of the Crassulaceae Echeveria genus, also called a succulent plant, with fleshy leaves arranged in a compact rosette. The leaf blades are broadly ovate to scattered triangular-ovate, with the back protruding in a keel shape, the leaves 3 to 4 cm long and about 3 cm wide, acute at the tip. The leaf color is gray-green, with red-brown markings on it. The "Echeveria purpusorum" commonly seen in China is all the hybrid Echeveria "Dionysos".

2. Morphological characteristics: Succulent plant, with fleshy leaves arranged in a compact rosette, and leaf blades broadly ovate to scattered triangular-ovate, with the back protruding in a keel shape. The leaves are 3 cm-4 cm long and about 3 cm wide. Acute at the tip. The leaf color is gray-green. It has red-brown markings on it. The inflorescence is about 30 cm high. The small flowers are red, with yellow upper parts. Its plant shape is peculiar, resembling a lotus flower.

Five: Black Prince

1. Basic information: Black Prince (Echeveia 'BlackPrince') is a cultivated variety. The plant has a short stalked stem, and the fleshy leaves are arranged in a standard rosette. When growing vigorously, its leaf disc diameter can reach 20 cm. The leaf blades are spoon-shaped, somewhat thick, with small points at the tips, and the leaf color is black-purple. The cyme has red or purplish-red small flowers. The rosette plant shape is the same as that of general stone lotus. The spoon-shaped leaves are relatively thick. When growing vigorously, a single plant can have more than 100 leaves, and the plant spread reaches more than 20 cm. The leaves are black-purple; when light is insufficient, the leaves near the growing point appear dark green.

2. Morphological characteristics: Black Prince resembles a black lotus, giving a sense of nobility. The flower color is bright, and it is a succulent plant with both beautiful flowers and leaves. The two have unique forms and beautiful leaf colors, and are very suitable for home cultivation and viewing. It is robust in habit. Although it has a short dormant period in summer, as long as it is slightly shaded, ventilated, and watered sparingly, it is not difficult to get through summer. Early spring and autumn are the vigorous growth periods, and liquid fertilizer can be applied. The potting soil should not be too dry, otherwise the old leaves will wither. General garden soil can be used for planting. Propagation can be done by cutting the top to induce tiller buds, or by leaf cuttings, with a success rate much higher than that of general stone lotus.

Gemshorn growth habits:

It likes a warm, dry and ventilated environment, likes light, likes sandy loam rich in humus, and can also adapt to barren soil. It is very drought-tolerant and can still grow without being watered for several weeks, because each of its leaves is like a small reservoir, storing water in the leaves for use during drought. It is also cold-tolerant, shade-tolerant, and tolerant of stuffy indoor environments, with extremely strong adaptability. It is native to Mexico and is now cultivated all over the world. It likes a warm, dry and sunny environment, is not cold-tolerant, is tolerant of partial shade, fears waterlogging, and avoids blazing sun. Fertile, well-drained sandy loam is suitable. The winter temperature should not be lower than 10°C. Plants kept in shaded places for a long time tend to become leggy and have sparse leaves. Open-field cultivation is possible south of the Yangtze River.

Gemshorn geographical distribution:

Native to Mexico, Yunnan, Sichuan and southeastern Tibet. It grows on rocks at the forest edge on slopes and in rock crevices, at an altitude of 1400-3600 m. The type specimen was collected from Dali, Yunnan. It is now cultivated all over the world.

Gemshorn is very suitable as a potted plant in home life, and it is a very little cutie.

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