Hello, I purchased this beautiful plant and just wanted to confirm what it is. The tag says "pink Echeveria" but to me it looks like a Graptopetalum Bellum, well because i've been on the search for it for a long time. I don't know if this is really an echeveria, but my gut feeling is telling me its a Graptopetalum! any info would be great. - CJ Julian
The flowers are obviously completely wrong for Echeveria. That's Tacitus bellus. David Hunt arbitrarily transferred the species to Graptopetalum but the flowers are nothing like that genus. Graptopetalum has pale yellow or whitish flowers typically marked with purple and stamens that recurve after anthesis. Hunt is not an expert on Crassulaceae and he should have left well enough alone. Several European authors have uncritically followed his transfer to Graptopetalum but it is really Tacitus.
Yes, it looks like Graptopetalum bellum (previously known as Tacitus bellus). Lucky you to have SO many buds-wow! I love this plant! Mine has 2 blooms on it now as well. Watch for mealie bugs & don't burn it in the sun, as I have done. :(
