Aeonium

Ballerina

Origin unknown.  According to Rudolf Schulz, Aeonium in habitat and cultivation, 152, 2007, most likely a hybrid of A. glutinosum, possibly with  A. canariense.

 

Also distributed as Aeonium 'Frosty' - a name probably not established.

 

Note :

As the photos below show, A. ‘Ballerina' is sometimes reverting = producing green, non variegated rosettes on one and the same plant. These green plants are distributed under the illegitimate name “ A. ‘Goblin’ ". The name is illegitimate because one and the same plant cannot have two names ….. The correct name of this plant is A. ‘Ballerina’, a name established already in 2003. The green rosettes should be referred to as reversions of A. ‘Ballerina’.

 

Aeonium ‘Ballerina’ hort ex H.C.K.Mak. Protologue standard photo, from Mak, Photo album of succulents in color 3: 77, 224. (Mar) 2003.   Mak's brief description reads : "White variegated sticky leaves."    

Rosettes to 6.5 cm diam. when grown dry :


Rosettes to 10 cm diam. when grown wet :

Photos Roy Mottram

Photo Jacquie Koutsoudis

A reversion :

Photo Noelene Tomlinson

Photos Santino Rischitelli

Photo Margrit Bischofberger

Aeonium 'Ballerina' grown in full sun / grown in more shade / and the reversion :

Photo Santino Rischitelli

Flowers of A. ‘Ballerina’ :

Photo Margrit Bischofberger

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