Crassula humbertiiDesc .
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
The specific epithet " humbertii " ( judge hum - BER - tee - eye ) honorsJean - Henri Humbert(1887 - 1967 ) , a French botanist .
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Crassula humbertiiis native to southernMadagascar . It arise in limestone crevices .
Crassula humbertiiis a dwarfsucculentwith a ramification and cower habit . It is a suddenly - live perennial that can grow up to 2 inches ( 5 cm ) tall and branches from the base , forming modest cushions . The pointed leave are oblong - ovoid , measuring up to 0.35 column inch ( 0.9 centimetre ) long and 0.15 inches ( 0.4 curium ) wide . They are pale to blue green , often reddened purple , with dark red spots on the upper surface , and papillate when young .
The lonely flower are 5 - merous and have white flower petal , sepals the same people of colour as the leaves , and yellow anther . They can hit a diameter of about 0.15 inch ( 0.4 cm ) . The inflorescence occurs in spring .
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USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° deoxycytidine monophosphate ) .
Crassula are easy to grow but susceptible tomealy bugsand fungal diseases . As with all succulent , overwatering is disastrous , so err on the side of too juiceless rather than too wet . Never let your industrial plant baby-sit in water . If you water from beneath by allowing the industrial plant to sit in a saucer , pour off any redundant water supply after a few minutes .
These succulent are generally started by sectionalisation , get-go , orleaf newspaper clipping . genus Crassula can be easy propagate from a single foliage . Sprout leaves by placing them into apotting admixture for succulent , then covering the saucer until they sprout .
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Repot as needed , rather during the warm season . To repot yourCrassula , ensure the soil is dry before repotting , then gently remove the pot . pick apart away the old grime from the roots , removing any rotted or dead roots . Treat any cuts with a fungicide . come out the plant life in its new crapper and backfill it with potting stain , spreading the roots as you repot . result the flora dry for a workweek or so , then begin to water lightly to reduce the risk of exposure of root rot .
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