Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg' is one of the most beautiful and striking of Echeverias with thick succulent leaves in rosette formation a with beautiful glowing mauve tinge.  

Family: Crassulaceae

Scientific Name: Echeveria  cv. PERLE VON NURNBERG

Origin:  Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg' is one of the most beautiful and striking of Echeverias with thick succulent leaves in rosette formation a with beautiful glowing mauve tinge. 

Description: Echeveria "Perle von Nurnberg" is a hybrid of Echeveria gibbiflora v. metallica and Echeveria potosina. It is a slower growing small cultivar with nice waxy pearly-purple/bluish coloured rosettes, that offsets to produce a clump, spreading to around 30cm wide . The purple metallic blush is fairly consistent throughout the seasons. Higher light and heat seem to increase the purple a bit, though.
Rosettes: Medium sized, gets about 15-20 cm in diameter at the most, usually a bit less.
Leaves: Broad in a tight rosette overlapping each other, with concave upper surface, semicircular to somewhat triangular with tiny pointed tips. They have a mauve ting with a silvery sheen and change shades with the seasons.
Flowers: It produces gracefully arching flower spikes up to 40 cm long. The flowers are a delicate coral colour. The outstanding feature of this species is the quantity of flower stems that it produces, with sometimes half a dozen or more being produced on one rosette.
Blooming season: Blooms appear during the spring months or in late summer.

A lovely succulent of the most delicious kind it has mauve leaves with a silvery sheen and change shades with the seasons.  Bright light is required to promote optimal growth.