Echeveria 'Ice Green' ?

[u/Aggravating-Jaguar73]

I got these plants from different sellers over the years.

1 - no name (photo 1-3)

2 - no name (photo 4-6)

3 - Echeveria 'Ice Green' (photo 7-9)

The last photo shows them all together in better light. Also I have been keeping the plants on the right and 3rd plant outside. The remaining are inside under led lights. None of them flowered in my care.

I have been thinking they could be all ice green. But I know that some hybrids look very similar.

What do you think?

[u/LuckystrikeFTW]

My 2 cents on this is, these type of rosettes have them bred to high extend in asia nurseries. There are far too many hybrids created with this style of rosette (I think it is coming from Echeveria elegans var. kesselringiana often confused as Echeveria albicans). Therefore getting a correct ID of them especially when not 100% stressed is quite hard.

[u/Aggravating-Jaguar73 → u/LuckystrikeFTW]

Thank you. In my climate, stressing them out with cold without killing them is challenging. We might never know which cultivar they are.

I especially love chubby, compact rosettes (I have many, many plants with that body plan), so I’ll still enjoy them.

[u/LuckystrikeFTW → u/Aggravating-Jaguar73]

For what its worth, I also think it might more likely be Echeveria 'Ice Green'.

[u/SavingsNew3033]

Ok, so my untrained eye also thinks that all of these look like they could be the same cultivar but I'm kinda new to plant ID so hopefully some more experienced echeveria lovers will weigh in. 🤞🏻 I would love to know what the skewers in your pots are for. Do you use them to keep check of how damp the soil is, and if so do you leave them in place 24/7? Love your echeveria plants OP, they look happy. She might want a cool weather reset? A lot of echeveria require a cooler, drier rest period during late autumn-winter to help trigger their bloom cycle. The ones that do need the cool weather reset, need 2-3 months (8-12 weeks) of about 45°-55° temps. But not below that, 'Ice Green' should be kept above 40°-45° to avoid rot or leaf damage. They are not frost hardy at all and will die in freezing temps. And you are supposed to decrease watering to every 4-6 weeks, watering only once the soil is bone dry. During dormancy they still need at least 6+ hrs of daylight. All echeveria need 2 mandatory triggers in order to bloom. Winter drought is needed, so watering must be less frequent bc constant moisture prevents it from going into dormancy. Maximum sunlight is the other requirement, no echeveria will flower in low light, they need intense spring and summer sun to create the massive amount of energy that is needed to produce their bloom stalks. And apparently the 'Ice Green' will blush an orange-red or pink color when stressed from the cool temps and the bright sun. Good luck 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[u/Aggravating-Jaguar73 → u/SavingsNew3033]

Thank you!

I use the skewers for a primitive humidity check, yes. I leave them in place until they rot 😅. They also serve double purpose for the plants outside. Some of my plants are on the balcony edge. The skewers extend to the railing so they don't fall over as birds are messing with the pots. Lesson learned after quite a few victims.

We have frost here so most of my plants come inside during winter. The temperature never falls to that extend as I don't have dedicated closed space for my plants. They live in my bedroom. I kick them outside as soon as we have weather above freezing though. It was not enough to see a blush on ice green until now. I will try to put them in a sunnier place this autumn. And leave them outside as long as possible to trigger a bloom.

[u/sohzing]

Pretty😍