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Mexican Firecracker

Echeveria sp. (possibly setosa)

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

These little orange and yellow bell-like flowers belong to a succulent that is also called Hen and Chicks. Family Crassulaceae.

Habitat:

Forest floor, about 5 km up Mt. Huitepec, west of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Reference Links:

Echeveria, Echeveria setosa - Mexican Firecracker | World of Succulents

Species ID Suggestions

Hen and Chicks

Echeveria sp.

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Flowers of North America
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Mexico Horn of Plenty

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PublishedMarch 8, 2016

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