Originated: Dick Wright, California, 1966.
Established : Carruthers & Ginns, Echeverias - A guide to cultivation and identification: 99f, t.35. (before June) 1973.
Nomenclatural standard: Photo by Dick Wright in Carruthers & Ginns, Echeverias - A guide to cultivation and identification: t.35. 1973. Designated here and shown above.
First description : This is one of the more distinct hybrids. It forms a stem slowly topped by a 25cm. rosette of up to 20 leaves, which are broadly spatulate, upturned with a distinct keel, the colour is dark red with an overlay of bloom making them appear silvery, the leaf margins are crenate and edged bright red.
At Huntington Botanical Gardens :
HBG's spelling is 'Silver on Red' : Rich burgundy leaves with undualte margins.
Photos Eria Wei
Not the original plant but a seedling of the same batch :
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